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Licensing & Compliance

The NHMRC Licensing Committee assesses applications for licences to:

  • use excess Assisted Reproductive Technology embryos;
  • create or use certain other embryos;
  • conduct certain research or training involving fertilisation of a human egg by a human sperm; or
  • fertilisation of an animal egg with a human sperm for the purpose of testing sperm quality

 

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Information for Applicants

The application form and information to assist potential applicants for licences.

Information for Licence Holders

Licence holder responsibilities and templates.

Licence database

The NHMRC Licensing Committee is obliged to maintain a public database that contains information on each licence issued under the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002. A list of current licences can be found here.

Compliance

NHMRC inspectors are appointed to monitor licence holder activities and ensure prohibited practices under the Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction Act 2002 are not being conducted in Australia.

If you think someone you know is not complying with their responsibilities under the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 or the Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction Act 2002, we want to hear from you.


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