Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00295:section:23b
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00295
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 23B
Character Range: 22686–23553

23B  Offence—creating a hybrid embryo
 (1) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally creates a hybrid embryo.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.
 (2) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally develops a hybrid embryo.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.
 (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 general licence.
Note: A general 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.