Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PROHIBITION OF HUMAN CLONING FOR REPRODUCTION AND THE REGULATION OF HUMAN EMBRYO RESEARCH AMENDMENT ACT 2006 (NO. 172, 2006) - SCHEDULE 3

1  Saving provision

(1)        If:

                     (a)   at any time before the commencement of this item, a person made an application under subsection 20(1) of the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 for a licence; and

                     (b)  immediately before the commencement of this item, the NHMRC Licensing Committee had not decided the application;

then the person is taken, on and from the commencement of this item, to have applied for the licence under subsection 20(1) of the amended Act.

(2)        To avoid doubt, a licence issued under section 21 of the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 that was in force immediately before the commencement of this item continues in force after that commencement.

(3)        In this item:

amended Act means the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 as amended by this Act.