Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2006A00172:clause:1_23b
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2006A00172
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 23B
Character Range: 14371–15202

23B  Offence—creating a hybrid embryo

 (1) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally creates a hybrid embryo.

 (2) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally develops a hybrid embryo.

 (3) A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) or (2) if the creation or development of the hybrid embryo by the person is authorised by a licence.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.

Note: A licence to create or develop a hybrid embryo can only be issued under section 21 of the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002:

(a) for the purposes of testing sperm quality in an accredited ART centre—up to, but not including, the first mitotic division; or

(b) in the case of hybrid embryo created by introducing the nucleus of a human cell into an animal egg—for not longer than 14 days.