Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002

The Embryo Research Licensing Committee of the NHMRC (the NHMRC Licensing Committee) is established by this section.

The NHMRC Licensing Committee is taken to be a Principal Committee within the meaning of the National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992, other than for the purposes of the following provisions of that Act:

sections 5D and 5E;

section 35;

section 41;

section 80;

subsections 82(1C) and (2).

This section has effect despite the definition of Principal Committee in section 4 of the National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992.

The regulations may make provision for and in relation to the disclosure of members’ interests in matters being considered by the NHMRC Licensing Committee.

The following provisions do not have effect in relation to the NHMRC Licensing Committee at any time when regulations under subsection (4) are in force:

section 42A of the National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992;

section 29 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (which deals with the duty to disclose interests) and any rules made for the purposes of that section.