25B
CurrentOffence—certain activities involving use of human eggs
Part 3Regulation of the use of excess ART embryos, other embryos and human eggs
Division 3.2Offences
25B Offence—certain activities involving use of human eggs
A person commits an offence if—
(a)
the person undertakes research or training involving the fertilisation of a human egg by a human sperm up to, but not including, the first mitotic division, outside the body of a woman for the purposes of research or training in ART; and
(b)
the person is not authorised by a licence to undertake the research or training.
Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 5 years.
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