Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022A00026:clause:1_71
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022A00026
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 71
Character Range: 78492–79708

71  At the end of section 24
Add:
 (9) In this Division:
proper consent, in relation to the use of an excess ART embryo or a human egg, or the creation or use of any other embryo, means consent obtained in accordance with guidelines issued by the CEO of the NHMRC under the National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992 and prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.
responsible person means:
 (a) in relation to an excess ART embryo:
 (i) each person who provided the egg or sperm from which the embryo was created; and
 (ii) the woman for whom the embryo was created, for the purpose of achieving her pregnancy; and
 (iii) any person who was the spouse of a person mentioned in subparagraph (i) at the time the egg or sperm mentioned in that subparagraph was provided; and
 (iv) any person who was the spouse of the woman mentioned in subparagraph (ii) at the time the embryo was created; or
 (b) in relation to an embryo other than an excess ART embryo—each person whose reproductive material, genetic material or cell was used, or is proposed to be used, in the creation or use of the embryo; or
 (c) in relation to a human egg—the woman who was the biological donor of the egg.