Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction Act 2003 (SA)

South Australia Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction Act 2003 An Act to prohibit human cloning for reproduction and other unacceptable practices associated with reproductive technology and for other purposes.

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 3 Interpretation 4 Nationally consistent scheme Part 2—Prohibited practices Division 1—Practices that are completely prohibited 5 Offence—placing a human embryo clone in the human body or the body of an animal 6 No defence that human embryo clone could not survive 7 Offence—creating a human embryo for a purpose other than achieving pregnancy in a woman 8 Offence—creating or developing a human embryo by fertilisation that contains genetic material provided by more than 2 persons 9 Offence—developing a human embryo outside the body of a woman for more than 14 days 10 Offence—heritable alterations to genome 11 Offence—collecting a viable human embryo from the body of a woman 12 Offence—creating a chimeric embryo 13 Offence—developing a hybrid embryo 14 Offence—placing of an embryo 15 Offence—importing, exporting or placing a prohibited embryo 16 Offence—commercial trading in human eggs, human sperm or human embryos Division 2—Practices that are prohibited unless authorised by a licence 17 Offence—creating a human embryo other than by fertilisation, or developing such an embryo 18 Offence—creating or developing a human embryo containing genetic material provided by more than 2 persons 19 Offence—using precursor cells from a human embryo or a human fetus to create a human embryo, or developing such an embryo 19A Offence—creating a hybrid embryo Part 3—Inspectors 20 Powers of inspectors 21 Announcement before entry 22 Inspector must produce identity card on request 23 Compensation for damage 24 Return of seized things 25 Related matters Part 4—Miscellaneous 26 Commonwealth/State arrangements 27 Delegations 28 False or misleading information 30 Evidential burden in relation to exceptions etc 31 Regulations Schedule—Transitional provision 1 Transitional provision Legislative history