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

23: If approval cancelled, activity must be stopped

You could also call this:

"Stop the activity straight away if your approval is cancelled"

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If an ethics committee cancels an approval, you must stop the activity if you are in charge of it. You have to make sure the activity is stopped right away. You also have to follow any directions given under section 22(5) about how to stop the activity.

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22: Ethics committee may cancel approval, or

"The ethics committee can stop something they previously approved if rules are broken."

24: Moratorium may be imposed on forms of assisted reproductive procedure or human reproductive research, or

"The Government can temporarily stop certain fertility treatments or research for up to 18 months."

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

23If approval cancelled, activity must be stopped

If the ethics committee cancels an approval, the person who, immediately before the cancellation, is the person responsible for the activity under the approval must—
ensure that the activity is stopped; and
comply with any directions given, under section 22(5), on how the activity is to be stopped.