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Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004

Prohibited and regulated activities - Advisory committee - Guidelines and advice

37: Advisory committee to provide specific advice in respect of human reproductive research

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"A group helps the Minister make good choices about research on human reproduction."

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The advisory committee helps the Minister make decisions about human reproductive research. You need to know that the committee gives the Minister information, advice, and recommendations on certain topics, such as cloned embryos, donations of human embryos, and genetic modification of human gametes and embryos. The committee also provides advice on human gametes from foetuses or deceased persons, hybrid embryos, and requirements for informed consent.

The committee advises the Minister on the import and export of human gametes or embryos that have been created in a laboratory. When the committee talks about hybrid embryos, it does not include mixtures of animal and human gametes that are used for diagnostic tests. The committee works with the Minister to decide on these important topics and provides its advice within a certain time frame.

The Minister and the committee work together to make sure they have all the information they need to make good decisions about human reproductive research, including the use of gametes and embryos in research, and the rules around importing and exporting these cells.

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Part 2Prohibited and regulated activities
Advisory committee: Guidelines and advice

37Advisory committee to provide specific advice in respect of human reproductive research

  1. The advisory committee must, within time frames agreed with the Minister, provide the Minister with information, advice, and, if it thinks fit, recommendations on the following matters in relation to the use of gametes and embryos in human reproductive research:

  2. cloned embryos:
    1. donations of human embryos:
      1. genetic modification of human gametes and human embryos:
        1. human gametes derived from foetuses or deceased persons:
          1. hybrid embryos:
            1. requirements for informed consent:
              1. the import into, or export from, New Zealand of in vitro human gametes or in vitro human embryos.

                1. In subsection (1)(e), hybrid embryo does not include a mixture of animal and human gametes that has been prepared for any diagnostic test.