Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

HUMAN CLONING AND EMBRYO RESEARCH AMENDMENT ACT 2008 (NO. 8 OF 2008) - SECT 6

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6     Meaning of human embryo —Act

    (1)     In this Act:

"human embryo" means a discrete entity that has arisen from either—

        (a)     the first mitotic division when fertilisation of a human oocyte by a human sperm is complete; or

        (b)     any other process that initiates organised development of a biological entity with a human nuclear genome or altered human nuclear genome that has the potential to develop up to, or beyond, the stage at which the primitive streak appears;

and has not yet reached 8 weeks of development since the first mitotic division.

    (2)     However, "human embryo" does not include a—

        (a)     hybrid embryo; or

        (b)     human embryonic stem cell line.

    (3)     In working out the length of the period of development of a human embryo, any period when the development of the embryo is suspended is to be disregarded.