Import and export requirements in some comparable jurisdictions United Kingdom The United Kingdom provides for clinics to decide if the import and export of gametes and embryos is consistent with directions issued by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA). The directions include the following points. Clinics must be licensed to import and export. Transfer must be clinic to clinic. Gamete providers, including in the event that an embryo has been created, must give informed consent. Informed consent must include a written notice that the law in the other jurisdiction about the use of the material and the parentage of a resulting child may be different to that of the sending country. Clinics must report import and export within a set period to the HFEA, using standard documents. Gametes and embryos cannot be exported if they could not be lawfully used in the United Kingdom in the same way as proposed in the receiving country. While the directions apply to import and export for research as well as treatment, import and export for research purposes requires an application to the HFEA for Special Permission. The formal General directions covering import and export are available at: Australia Victoria The Assisted Reproductive Treatment Act 2008 requires that the Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority (VARTA) decide applications for import and export, for treatment purposes, of donated gametes and embryos created from donated gametes. guidelines are available at: w1/i1003328/ VARTA’s The requirements apply whether the import and export is between Victoria and another Australian state or between Victoria and overseas, and include the following points.
Import and export requirements in some comparable jurisdictions United Kingdom The United Kingdom provides for clinics to decide if the import and export of gametes and embryos is consistent with directions issued by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA). The directions include the following points. Clinics must be licensed to import and export. Transfer must be clinic to clinic. Gamete providers, including in the event that an embryo has been created, must give informed consent. Informed consent must include a written notice that the law in the other jurisdiction about the use of the material and the parentage of a resulting child may be different to that of the sending country. Clinics must report import and export within a set period to the HFEA, using standard documents. Gametes and embryos cannot be exported if they could not be lawfully used in the United Kingdom in the same way as proposed in the receiving country. While the directions apply to import and export for research as well as treatment, import and export for research purposes requires an application to the HFEA for Special Permission. The formal General directions covering import and export are available at: Australia Victoria The Assisted Reproductive Treatment Act 2008 requires that the Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority (VARTA) decide applications for import and export, for treatment purposes, of donated gametes and embryos created from donated gametes. VARTA’s guidelines are available at: w1/i1003328/ The requirements apply whether the import and export is between Victoria and another Australian state or between Victoria and overseas, and include the following points.
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