Terms used
53B Terms used
In this Part —
animal does not include a human;
chimeric embryo means —
a human embryo into which a cell, or any component part of a cell, of an animal has been introduced; or
a thing declared by regulations under the Prohibition of Human Cloning Act 2002 of the Commonwealth to be a chimeric embryo;
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;
hybrid embryo means —
an embryo created by the fertilisation of a human egg by animal sperm; or
an embryo created by the fertilisation of an animal egg by human sperm; or
a human egg into which the nucleus of an animal cell has been introduced; or
an animal egg into which the nucleus of a human cell has been introduced; or
a thing declared by regulations under the Prohibition of Human Cloning Act 2002 of the Commonwealth to be a hybrid embryo;
precursor cell means a cell that has the potential to develop into a human egg or human sperm.
For the purposes of establishing that a human embryo clone is a genetic copy of a living or dead human —
it is sufficient to establish that the set of genes in the nuclei of the cells of the living or dead human has been copied; and
it is not necessary to establish that the copy is an identical genetic copy.
For the purposes of the definition of human embryo clone in subsection (1), a human embryo that results from the technological process known as embryo splitting is taken not to be created by a process of fertilisation of a human egg by human sperm.
A reference in this Part to a number of penalty units is a reference to the amount calculated in accordance with the following formula —
where —
A is that number of penalty units; and
B is the amount (in dollars) that is for the time being a penalty unit under section 4AA of the Crimes Act 1914 of the Commonwealth.
[Section 53B inserted: No. 18 of 2004 s. 8.]
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