Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004

Introduction

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"Protecting People's Health and Rights in Reproductive Procedures"

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This Act is in place to help people who use assisted reproductive procedures, like IVF, and to protect their health and rights. You are protected, especially if you are a woman or a child, when using these procedures. The Act also aims to protect your dignity and safety.

The Act has several goals, including stopping unacceptable procedures and research related to human reproduction. It also prohibits certain commercial transactions related to human reproduction, which means you cannot buy or sell things related to human reproduction in certain ways.

The Act provides a framework for regulating assisted reproductive procedures and human reproductive research. This means that there are rules in place to guide how these procedures and research are done. You can only have certain procedures or do certain research if an ethics committee says it is okay.

The Act also helps people who were born from donated embryos or cells to find out about their genetic origins. This is done through a system that keeps track of information about donations, so you can learn about your genetic background if you want to.

The Act is in place to make sure that assisted reproductive procedures and human reproductive research are done in a way that is safe and respectful for everyone involved.

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"The name of the law about helping people have babies with technology in New Zealand."

Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004

Reprint as at:
2025-08-01
Assent:
2004-11-21
Commencement:
see section 2

The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.

This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice.