Victorian Current Acts

RESEARCH INVOLVING HUMAN EMBRYOS ACT 2008 - SECT 8

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person undertakes research or 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; and

        (b)     the person is not authorised by a licence to undertake the research or training.

    (2)     An offence against subsection (1) is an indictable offence punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years.