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ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TREATMENT ACT 2008 - SECT 26

Procedures involving gametes produced by children

    (1)     A person must not use, for a treatment procedure

        (a)     gametes produced by a child; or

        (b)     an embryo formed from gametes produced by a child.

Penalty:     240 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment or both.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply if—

        (a)     a doctor has certified there is a reasonable risk of the child becoming infertile before becoming an adult; and

        (b)     the person obtains gametes from the child for the purpose of storing the gametes for the child's future benefit.

    (3)     A person must not use gametes obtained under subsection (2)—

        (a)     in the treatment of another person, including a relative of the child; or

        (b)     for research purposes; or

        (c)     after the death of the person who produced the gametes.

Penalty:     240 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment or both.



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