Victorian Numbered Acts

ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TREATMENT ACT 2008 (NO. 76 OF 2008) - SECT 4

    (1)     This section applies to a reference in this Act to—

        (a)     a kind of procedure; or

        (b)     a kind of assisted reproductive treatment; or

        (c)     a kind of treatment procedure; or

        (d)     a procedure, assisted reproductive treatment or treatment procedure of a particular kind.

    (2)     Unless a contrary intention appears, a reference to the procedure or treatment includes—

        (a)     the nature or type of procedure or treatment; and

        (b)     whether the procedure or treatment involves the use of a donor oocyte or donor sperm, or an embryo formed from a donor oocyte or donor sperm (or both); and

        (c)     in relation to a consent or withdrawal of consent of a donor, whether—

              (i)     gametes or an embryo may be used in a procedure or treatment to be carried out on a woman who is not the donor; and

              (ii)     gametes or embryo may be used in such a procedure or treatment to be carried out on any woman, or only on a named woman.