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Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004

Prohibited and regulated activities - Prohibited actions

8: Prohibited actions

You could also call this:

"Things you are not allowed to do with assisted reproduction technology that can get you in trouble with the law"

Illustration for Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004

If you do something described in Schedule 1, you commit an offence. You also commit an offence if you know something was made using a method in Schedule 1 and you bring it into or take it out of New Zealand. You commit an offence if you know something was made using a method in Schedule 1 and you have it without a good reason.

If you commit one of these offences, you can be punished with up to 5 years in prison or a fine of up to $200,000, or both. You will be punished if you are found guilty of committing one of these offences. The punishment is decided when you are convicted.

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Part 2Prohibited and regulated activities
Prohibited actions

8Prohibited actions

  1. Every person commits an offence who takes an action described in Schedule 1.

  2. Every person commits an offence who, knowing that an in vitro gamete, an in vitro embryo or an in vitro foetus, or an in vitro being has been formed by an action described in Schedule 1, imports into, or exports from, New Zealand that in vitro gamete, in vitro embryo, in vitro foetus, or in vitro being.

  3. Every person commits an offence who, knowing that a gamete, an embryo or foetus, or a being has been formed by an action described in Schedule 1, possesses, without reasonable excuse, that gamete, embryo, foetus, or being.

  4. A person who commits an offence against this section is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $200,000, or both.

Notes
  • Section 8(4): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).