Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2006A00172:clause:1_12
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2006A00172
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 12
Character Range: 5893–6486

12  Offence—creating a human embryo for a purpose other than achieving pregnancy in a woman

 (1) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally creates a human embryo by a process of the fertilisation of a human egg by a human sperm outside the body of a woman, unless the person's intention in creating the embryo is to attempt to achieve pregnancy in a particular woman.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 15 years.

 (2) Despite subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code, a defendant does not bear an evidential burden in relation to any matter in subsection (1) of this section.