53L
CurrentOffence — heritable alterations to genome
Part 4AProhibited practices
Division 3Other prohibited practices
53L Offence — heritable alterations to genome
(1)
A person commits a crime if —
(a)
the person alters the genome of a human cell in such a way that the alteration is heritable by descendants of the human whose cell was altered; and
(b)
in altering the genome, the person intended the alteration to be heritable by descendants of the human whose cell was altered.
Penalty: A fine of 600 penalty units or imprisonment for 10 years or both.
Summary conviction penalty: A fine of 120 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years or both.
(2)
In this section —
human cell includes a human embryonal cell, a human fetal cell, human sperm or a human egg.
[Section 53L inserted: No. 18 of 2004 s. 8.]
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