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Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004

Prohibited and regulated activities - Advisory committee - Guidelines and advice

38: Advisory committee to provide specific advice in respect of human assisted reproductive technology

You could also call this:

"A group that helps the Minister make decisions about medical help for having a baby."

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The advisory committee helps the Minister make decisions about human assisted reproductive technology. You can think of human assisted reproductive technology as medical help people get to have a baby. The committee gives the Minister information, advice, and sometimes recommendations on things like donations of embryos, embryo splitting, and using cells or embryos from someone who has passed away. The committee also advises on getting proper consent from people and selecting embryos using special genetic tests, as well as bringing cells or embryos into or out of New Zealand.

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

38Advisory committee to provide specific advice in respect of human assisted reproductive technology

  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 human assisted reproductive technology:

  2. donations of embryos:
    1. embryo splitting:
      1. gametes derived from deceased persons:
        1. requirements for informed consent:
          1. selection of embryos using pre-implantation genetic analysis:
            1. the import into, or export from, New Zealand of in vitro donated cells or in vitro donated embryos.