6Modification of Commonwealth embryo laws

6 Modification of Commonwealth embryo laws

6 Modification of Commonwealth embryo laws

(1) The Commonwealth embryo laws are modified for the purposes of this Act by requiring a reference in section 26 (2) or 41 of the Commonwealth Embryo Act to the Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction Act 2002 of the Commonwealth to be read as including a reference to the Human Cloning for Reproduction and Other Prohibited Practices Act 2003 of New South Wales.

(2) The regulations under this Act may also modify the Commonwealth embryo laws for the purposes of this Act.

(3) Without limiting subsection (2), the regulations may provide that the Commonwealth embryo laws apply under section 5 (1) as if an amendment to the Commonwealth embryo laws—

(a) made by a law of the Commonwealth, and

(b) specified in the regulations,

had not taken effect.

s 6: Am 2007 No 16, Sch 2 [2] [3].