13—Amendment of section 10—Person may apply for licence
Section 10(1)—delete subsection (1) and substitute:
(1) A person may apply
to the NHMRC Licensing Committee for a licence authorising 1 or more of the
following:
(a) use
of excess ART embryos;
(b)
creation of human embryos other than by fertilisation of a human egg by a
human sperm, and use of such embryos;
(c)
creation of human embryos other than by fertilisation of a human egg by a
human sperm that contain genetic material provided by more than
2 persons, and use of such embryos;
(d)
creation of human embryos using precursor cells from a human embryo or a human
fetus, and use of such embryos;
(e)
research and training involving the fertilisation of a human egg by a human
sperm up to, but not including, the first mitotic division, outside the body
of a woman for the purposes of research or training in ART;
(f)
creation of hybrid embryos by the fertilisation of an animal egg by a human
sperm, and use of such embryos up to, but not including, the first mitotic
division, if—
(i)
the creation or use is for the purposes of testing sperm
quality; and
(ii)
the creation or use will occur in an accredited ART
centre.
(1a) To avoid doubt,
subsection (1)(a), (b), (c) and (d) do not permit the NHMRC Licensing
Committee to authorise any use of an excess ART embryo or other embryo that
would result in the development of the embryo for a period of more than
14 days, excluding any period when development is suspended.