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Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004

Prohibited and regulated activities - Activities requiring approval of ethics committee - Matters to be considered and decided by ethics committee

18: Applications for approval

You could also call this:

"Asking for permission to do assisted reproductive procedures or research"

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When you want to do an assisted reproductive procedure or human reproductive research, you need to apply to the ethics committee. You must write your application in a form that the ethics committee approves. Your application must describe what you want to do, say why you want to do it, and name the person in charge.

If the ethics committee does not have guidelines for what you want to do, they will not approve your application. They will send your application to the advisory committee instead. The ethics committee can look at your application again if they get new information that is relevant to your case.

The ethics committee can change their mind about your application if they get new information. This means they can approve your application even if they said no before. You just need to give them new information that is relevant to your application.

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Part 2Prohibited and regulated activities
Activities requiring approval of ethics committee: Matters to be considered and decided by ethics committee

18Applications for approval

  1. The ethics committee may receive a written application for an approval for an assisted reproductive procedure or for human reproductive research if the application—

  2. is in a form approved by the ethics committee; and
    1. describes the activity for which approval is sought; and
      1. states the purpose of the proposed activity; and
        1. nominates an appropriate person who is to be responsible for the activity.

          1. If the kind of activity for which an approval is sought is not covered in guidelines or advice issued or given by the advisory committee, the ethics committee must—

          2. decline the application; and
            1. refer the application to the advisory committee.

              1. The ethics committee may, for any reason that it considers appropriate, reconsider an application that it has previously declined if relevant new information becomes available.