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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction Act 2002

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Distinguished Terms in this instrument
Term(s) Definition Defined in Legislation See Section(s)
animal

does not include a human.

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chimeric embryo

means:

(a) a human embryo into which a cell, or any component part of a cell, of an animal has been introduced; or

(b) a thing declared by the regulations to be a chimeric embryo.

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Commonwealth authority

means the following:

(a) a body corporate established for a public purpose by or under an Act;

(b) a company in which a controlling interest is held by any one of the following persons, or by 2 or more of the following persons together:

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excess ART embryo

means a human embryo that:

(a) was created, by assisted reproductive technology, for use in the assisted reproductive technology treatment of a woman; and

(b) is excess to the needs of:

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general licence

means a licence issued under section 21.

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human embryo

means a discrete entity that has arisen from either:

(a) the first mitotic division when fertilisation of a human oocyte by a human sperm is complete; or

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human embryo clone

means a human embryo that is a genetic copy of another living or dead human, but does not include a human embryo created by the fertilisation of a human egg by human sperm.

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human sperm

includes atids.

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hybrid embryo

means:

(a) an embryo created by the fertilisation of a human egg by animal sperm; or

(b) an embryo created by the fertilisation of an animal egg by human sperm; or

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licence

means a issued under section 21.

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mitochondrial donation licence

means:

(a) a pre‐clinical research and training licence; or

(b) a clinical trial research and training licence; or

(c) a clinical trial licence; or

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NHMRC Licensing Committee

means the Committee established by section 13.

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precursor cell

means a cell that has the potential to develop into a human egg or human sperm.

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spouse

: see section 2CA.

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State

includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.

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woman

means a female human.

(2) For the purposes of establishing that a human embryo clone is a genetic copy of a living or dead human:

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