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<subordleg title="Research Involving Human Embryos and Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction Regulation 2025" year.published="2025" year.citation="2025" no="91" pco.reg.ref="S25_0032" publication.date="2025-09-01" enabling.title="Research Involving Human Embryos and Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction Act 2003" enabling.acts="act-2003-007" sub.leg.type="reg" amending="none" print.type="reprint" first.valid.date="2025-09-01T00:00:00+10:00" in.force="allinforce" published.how="website" expiry.date="2035-09-01T00:00:00+10:00" stage.repeal="1" stage.repeal.original.date="2035-09-01T00:00:00+10:00" repealed.by="stagerepeal" repealing.id="act-1992-022​" initial.admin.dept="Queensland Health" id="sl-2025-0091" version.desc.id="8c5a55ff-50b0-4b77-bb26-08010a3125d9" version.series.id="c472091d-b168-4908-88d4-5b618fc77a92"><coverdata id="cd" guid="_b2e524a8-f34c-4d97-a1c2-26cc280a8a3a"><subtitle id="cd-sut" guid="_94839bbe-7652-44f7-aa6f-6b3a451e6054">Research Involving Human Embryos and Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction Act 2003</subtitle><subtitle id="cd-sut-oc.2" guid="_89640981-c492-44af-8a1c-6f06617065a1"/></coverdata><wrapper><front id="frnt" guid="_13b68984-2c4c-4528-9fbc-a28686f3d7ce"><shorttitle id="frnt-st" guid="_e93cf21d-7f63-422e-9617-579b2c548a01">Research Involving Human Embryos and Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction Regulation 2025</shorttitle></front><body numbering.style="manual"><clause id="sec.1" guid="_9d4322b0-5fef-4990-b212-27f1d6a020e4" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="other"><no>1</no><heading id="sec.1-he" guid="_ae4eed42-72fd-4cd0-b9da-e293475559be">Short title</heading><block><txt break.before="1">This regulation may be cited as the <legref jurisd="QLD" type="subordleg" target.doc.id="sl-2025-0091" target.version.series="c472091d-b168-4908-88d4-5b618fc77a92" check="valid"><name emphasis="yes">Research Involving Human Embryos and Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction Regulation 2025</name></legref>.</txt></block></clause><clause id="sec.2" guid="_ded5f8ec-a64f-46da-b010-bdcfc145dac2" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="other"><no>2</no><heading id="sec.2-he" guid="_16f1d1b7-c0bd-43fb-a135-9a72dd5ed4f9">Commencement</heading><block><txt break.before="1">This regulation commences on 1 September 2025.</txt></block></clause><clause id="sec.3" guid="_04af5506-f4ad-46da-afae-e85aea4830ef" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="other"><no>3</no><heading id="sec.3-he" guid="_a3e8dd5f-2236-456f-8a2b-798277debc7b">Accrediting entity for accredited ART centres—<legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" target.doc.id="act-2003-007" target.version.series="cb1a97cc-2ba0-4ad0-bdc6-b401e981011b" check="valid">Act</legref>, <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="sec.21" target.doc.id="act-2003-007" check="invalid">s&#160;21</legref></heading><block><txt break.before="1">For <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="sec.21" target.doc.id="act-2003-007" check="invalid">section&#160;21</legref> of the <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" target.doc.id="act-2003-007" target.version.series="cb1a97cc-2ba0-4ad0-bdc6-b401e981011b" check="valid">Act</legref>, definition <defterm guid="_3fdf780a-71ba-4b1e-9400-4466d66ff66c" type="mention">accredited ART centre</defterm>, the Reproductive Technology Accreditation Committee of The Fertility Society of Australia and New Zealand ACN 006 214 115 is prescribed.</txt></block></clause><clause id="sec.4" guid="_b09970b6-fbc0-45be-9621-0d54ed192e24" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="other"><no>4</no><heading id="sec.4-he" guid="_1ec12428-55ac-4e12-9999-65ab1405c4ae">Proper consent for use of excess ART embryos etc.—<legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" target.doc.id="act-2003-007" target.version.series="cb1a97cc-2ba0-4ad0-bdc6-b401e981011b" check="valid">Act</legref>, <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="sec.21" target.doc.id="act-2003-007" check="invalid">s&#160;21</legref></heading><block><txt break.before="1">For <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="sec.21" target.doc.id="act-2003-007" check="invalid">section&#160;21</legref> of the <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" target.doc.id="act-2003-007" target.version.series="cb1a97cc-2ba0-4ad0-bdc6-b401e981011b" check="valid">Act</legref>, definition <defterm guid="_cbda8b37-8a7e-4807-8413-d1402107f915" type="mention">proper consent</defterm>, the following guidelines are prescribed—</txt><list number.type="manual" unnumbered.indent="0"><li id="sec.4-para1.a" guid="_698810b5-02f6-4247-aeb8-a6c54844e3a0" provision.type="other" affected.by.uncommenced="0"><no>(a)</no><block><txt break.before="0">the guideline called ‘Ethical guidelines on the use of assisted reproductive technology in clinical practice and research’;</txt></block></li><li id="sec.4-para1.b" guid="_24ca940c-2659-49cf-838d-d2a7a327628c" provision.type="other" affected.by.uncommenced="0"><no>(b)</no><block><txt break.before="0">the guideline called ‘National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research’.</txt></block></li></list></block></clause><clause id="sec.5" guid="_b8e52299-0c4b-41ca-8fa2-2f419f9e90d6" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="other"><no>5</no><heading id="sec.5-he" guid="_b923e92a-3350-4a33-96bd-e911ad450c68">Determination of application for licence—<legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" target.doc.id="act-2003-007" target.version.series="cb1a97cc-2ba0-4ad0-bdc6-b401e981011b" check="valid">Act</legref>, <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="sec.29" target.doc.id="act-2003-007" check="invalid">s&#160;29</legref></heading><block><txt break.before="1">For <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="sec.29" target.doc.id="act-2003-007" check="invalid">section&#160;29</legref><legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="sec.29-ssec.4" target.doc.id="act-2003-007" target.version.series="cb1a97cc-2ba0-4ad0-bdc6-b401e981011b" target.guid="_fd102345-9fcc-4f0f-be50-31f2e7cfd577" check="valid">(4)</legref><legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="sec.29-ssec.4-para1.c" target.doc.id="act-2003-007" check="invalid">(c)</legref> of the <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" target.doc.id="act-2003-007" target.version.series="cb1a97cc-2ba0-4ad0-bdc6-b401e981011b" check="valid">Act</legref>, the following guidelines are prescribed—</txt><list number.type="manual" unnumbered.indent="0"><li id="sec.5-para1.a" guid="_390a309d-f043-419a-9836-809adf19bf37" provision.type="other" affected.by.uncommenced="0"><no>(a)</no><block><txt break.before="0">the guideline called ‘Ethical guidelines on the use of assisted reproductive technology in clinical practice and research’;</txt></block></li><li id="sec.5-para1.b" guid="_47eb414d-2db0-48a5-a512-62fb93c600dc" provision.type="other" affected.by.uncommenced="0"><no>(b)</no><block><txt break.before="0">the guideline called ‘National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research’.</txt></block></li></list></block></clause><clause id="sec.6" guid="_989fdd5a-6065-47f9-b665-16be12a15bf9" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="other"><no>6</no><heading id="sec.6-he" guid="_44ed4045-17ab-45ee-8b73-4b118be45364">Human embryos unsuitable for implantation—Act, schedule</heading><block><txt break.before="1">For the schedule of the <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" target.doc.id="act-2003-007" target.version.series="cb1a97cc-2ba0-4ad0-bdc6-b401e981011b" check="valid">Act</legref>, definition <defterm guid="_fdbdf896-f7c7-4b1a-bcad-375f314eefea" type="mention">unsuitable for implantation</defterm>, <intref refid="sec.6-para1.b" check="invalid">paragraph&#160;(b)</intref>, the guideline called ‘Ethical guidelines on the use of assisted reproductive technology in clinical practice and research’ is prescribed.</txt></block></clause><clause id="sec.7" guid="_61e60427-b976-4221-8dc4-994962ab0185" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="other"><no>7</no><heading id="sec.7-he" guid="_f55369c6-8ad6-4f2a-b504-1b4e8f98aefd">Repeal</heading><block><txt break.before="1">The <legref jurisd="QLD" type="subordleg" target.doc.id="sl-2015-0095" target.version.series="f9d19635-50b2-4185-b93b-3791103f5b8f" check="valid"><name emphasis="no">Research Involving Human Embryos and Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction Regulation 2015</name></legref>, SL No. 95 is repealed.</txt></block></clause></body></wrapper></subordleg>