Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) Section 22(1)
is amended as follows:
(a) by
deleting “Where by or under this Act consent is required to be given in
relation to the use or keeping of any gametes, egg in the process of
fertilisation or embryo —” and inserting instead —
“
For the purposes of the licence condition referred to in
section 33(2)(e) —
”;
(b) in
paragraph (c) by deleting “egg in the process of fertilisation or
embryo” and inserting instead —
“
human egg undergoing fertilisation or human
embryo
”;
(c) in
paragraph (d) by deleting “in the process of fertilisation or an
embryo” and inserting instead —
“ undergoing fertilisation or a human embryo
”;
(d) in
paragraph (e) by deleting “an egg in the process of fertilisation
or an embryo” and inserting instead —
“
a human egg undergoing fertilisation or a human
embryo
”;
(e)
after paragraph (e)(i) by inserting the following
subparagraphs —
“
(ia) in the case of a use outside the body of a woman,
there is an effective consent to the use for that purpose by the woman on
whose behalf it is being developed and her spouse or defacto partner, if any;
(ib) in
the case of implantation in the body of a woman, there is an effective consent
to the implantation by the woman and her spouse or defacto partner, if any;
”.
(2) Section 22(2)
is amended as follows:
(a) by
deleting “gametes” in each place where it occurs and inserting
instead —
“ human gametes ”;
(b) by
deleting “whether eggs” and inserting instead —
“ whether human eggs ”;
(c) by
deleting “sperm” in the first and third places where it occurs and
inserting instead —
“ human sperm ”;
(d) by
deleting “egg in the process of fertilisation or embryo” and
inserting instead —
“
human egg undergoing fertilisation or human
embryo
”;
(e) in
paragraph (b) by deleting “an egg in the process of fertilisation,
or an embryo,” and inserting instead —
“
a human egg undergoing fertilisation or a human
embryo,
”;
(f) in
paragraph (b) by deleting “any egg” and inserting
instead —
“ any human egg ”;
(g) by
deleting “where an egg in the process of fertilisation, or an
embryo,” and inserting instead —
“
where a human egg in the process of fertilisation, or a
human embryo,
”;
(h) by
deleting “particular egg in the process of” and inserting
instead —
“ particular egg undergoing ”.
(3) Section 22(3)
is amended by deleting “gametes, egg in the process of fertilisation or
embryo” and inserting instead —
“
human gametes, human eggs undergoing fertilisation or
human embryos
”.
(4) Section 22(4)
is amended by deleting “gametes, egg in the process of fertilisation or
embryo” and inserting instead —
“
human gametes, a human egg undergoing fertilisation or a
human embryo
”.
(5) Section 22(5)
is repealed and the following subsection is inserted instead —
“
(5) A consent to the use of a human egg undergoing
fertilisation or a human embryo must specify the purposes for which the egg or
embryo may be used and may specify conditions subject to which the egg or
embryo shall or shall not be used.
”.
(6) Section 22(6)
is amended by deleting “gametes, egg in the process of fertilisation or
embryo” and inserting instead —
“
human gametes, a human egg undergoing fertilisation or a
human embryo
”.
(7) Section 22(8)
is amended by deleting “gametes, egg in the process of fertilisation or
embryo” and inserting instead —
“
human gametes, a human egg undergoing fertilisation or a
human embryo
”.