sec.5Definitions

### sec.5 Definitions The dictionary in the schedule defines particular words used in this Act. For the purposes of establishing that a human embryo clone is a genetic copy of a living or dead human— it is sufficient to establish that the set of genes in the nuclei of the cells of the living or dead human has been copied; and it is not necessary to establish that the copy is an identical genetic copy. For the purposes of the definition human embryo in the schedule, in working out the length of the period of development of a human embryo, any period when the development of the embryo is suspended is to be disregarded. For the purposes of the definition human embryo clone in the schedule, a human embryo that results from the technological process known as embryo splitting is taken not to be created by a process of fertilisation of a human egg by human sperm. A reference in this Act to an embryo (including a human embryo) is a reference to a living embryo. A reference in this Act to a human egg is a reference to a human oocyte. A reference in this Act to a human embryo does not include a reference to— a hybrid embryo; or a human embryonic stem cell line. The following provisions of the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 do not apply to a reference to a spouse in this Act— section 32DA (6) schedule 1 , definition spouse . s 5 amd 2007 No. 45 s 6 ; 2013 No. 39 s 110 (1) sch 3 pt 1 (sec.5-ssec.1) The dictionary in the schedule defines particular words used in this Act. (sec.5-ssec.2) For the purposes of establishing that a human embryo clone is a genetic copy of a living or dead human— it is sufficient to establish that the set of genes in the nuclei of the cells of the living or dead human has been copied; and it is not necessary to establish that the copy is an identical genetic copy. (sec.5-ssec.3) For the purposes of the definition human embryo in the schedule, in working out the length of the period of development of a human embryo, any period when the development of the embryo is suspended is to be disregarded. (sec.5-ssec.4) For the purposes of the definition human embryo clone in the schedule, a human embryo that results from the technological process known as embryo splitting is taken not to be created by a process of fertilisation of a human egg by human sperm. (sec.5-ssec.5) A reference in this Act to an embryo (including a human embryo) is a reference to a living embryo. (sec.5-ssec.6) A reference in this Act to a human egg is a reference to a human oocyte. (sec.5-ssec.7) A reference in this Act to a human embryo does not include a reference to— a hybrid embryo; or a human embryonic stem cell line. (sec.5-ssec.8) The following provisions of the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 do not apply to a reference to a spouse in this Act— section 32DA (6) schedule 1 , definition spouse . - (a) it is sufficient to establish that the set of genes in the nuclei of the cells of the living or dead human has been copied; and - (b) it is not necessary to establish that the copy is an identical genetic copy. - (a) a hybrid embryo; or - (b) a human embryonic stem cell line. - • section 32DA (6) - • schedule 1 , definition spouse .