Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill 2024 (Qld)

An Act to provide for the regulation of the use of technology to assist human reproduction and for a donor conception information register, and to amend this Act, the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023 for particular purposes The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2024.

2 Commencement The following provisions commence on a day to be fixed by proclamation— (a) part 2, divisions 1 to 3; (b) sections 25 to 27 and 31; (c) part 3; (d) part 4; (e) part 6, divisions 1 to 4; (f) sections 145 to 149 and 151; (g) part 10, division 3.

3 Main objects of Act (1) The main objects of this Act are as follows— (a) to protect the welfare and interests of— (i) people who use assisted reproductive technology; and (ii) people who are born as a result of assisted reproductive technology; (b) to regulate the use of assisted reproductive technology; (c) to provide and regulate access to information relating to people born as a result of assisted reproductive technology. (2) The welfare and interests of people who are born as a result of assisted reproductive technology are, throughout their lives, of paramount importance in the administration and operation of this Act.

4 Definitions The dictionary in schedule 1 defines particular words used in this Act.

5 Meaning of ART procedure and undergoing ART procedure (1) An ART procedure is— (a) any medical treatment or other procedure that procures, or attempts to procure, pregnancy in a person other than by sexual intercourse; or (b) a related treatment or other procedure prescribed by regulation. Examples of ART procedures— artificial insemination, in-vitro fertilisation, gamete intrafallopian transfer (2) However, an ART procedure does not include self-insemination. Note— The provisions of part 3 relating to the donor conception information register extend to self-insemination. (3) The person who undergoes an ART procedure is the person who becomes or seeks to become pregnant as a result of the procedure.