Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00449:section:28p:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00449
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 28P (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 77277–79118

the risk of the woman's offspring inheriting mitochondria from the woman that would predispose the offspring to mitochondrial disease;
 (b) the inheritance pattern in the woman's family;
 (c) the likely clinical manifestations of disease for the woman's offspring.
 (5A) Without limiting section 15, the NHMRC Licensing Committee may also request, and have regard to, advice from any person having appropriate expertise.
 (6) The NHMRC Licensing Committee must notify its decision on an application under subsection (2) to the licence holder.
 (7) A form approved by the NHMRC Licensing Committee for the purposes of subsection (2):
 (a) may require an application to contain, or be accompanied by, such information as is required by the form and require the information to be verified by statutory declaration; but
 (b) must not require an application to contain, or be accompanied by, any of the following information:
 (i) the name of a trial participant or patient;
 (ii) any other information that could be used to discover the identity of a trial participant or patient, other than information that is directly necessary for the purpose of determining an application.
 (8) An approval granted by the NHMRC Licensing Committee in relation to a woman for the purposes of subsection (1) comes into force when it is granted and ceases to be in force at the earlier of the following times:
 (a) 5 years after the approval is granted;
 (b) the time a child is born alive as a result of a pregnancy achieved in the woman by the placement of a human embryo under the approval as described in paragraph (1)(b).
 (9) The licence condition set out in subsection (1) applies to:
 (a) the licence holder; and
 (b) each embryologist specified in the licence who is authorised to use the mitochondrial donation technique to which the licence relates.