Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by authority of the Minister for Health and Aged Care, the Hon Greg Hunt MP)
https://www.coag.gov.au/about-coag/agreements/research-involving-human-embryos-and-prohibition-human-cloning
Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 (Cth) s 14.
https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/MitochondrialDonation .
https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/MitochondrialDonation/~/media/Committees/clac_ctte/MitochondrialDonation/report.pdf page ix-x
See
https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/health-advice/all-topics/mitochondrial-donation
https://www.hfea.gov.uk/media/2613/scientific-review-of-the-safety-and-efficacy-of-methods-to-avoid-mitochondrial-disease-through-assisted-conception.pdf ,
https://www.hfea.gov.uk/media/2612/mito-annex_viii-science_review_update.pdf ,
https://www.hfea.gov.uk/media/2614/third_mitochondrial_replacement_scientific_review.pdf ,
https://www.hfea.gov.uk/media/2611/fourth_scientific_review_mitochondria_2016.pdf
https://www.hfea.gov.uk/media/2618/mitochondria_replacement_consultation_-_advice_for_government.pdf
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/285251/mitochondrial_donation_consultation_document_24_02_14_Accessible_V0.4.pdf
https://www.mito.org.au/mitochondrial-donation/
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/572/made
The licenced facility, Newcastle Fertility Centre, is restricted to PNT as their research and expertise focused on this technique.
https://www.bionews.org.uk/page_95378
https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0007093006
https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-genom-111119-101815?journalCode=genom
The ERLC will grant and monitor licences and approvals, but won't regulate clinics beyond this. States and territories will regulate other aspects of the ART/IVF treatment, and would regulate other aspects of clinics.
https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/MitochondrialDonation
https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/MitochondrialDonation/Report/b01
https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/health-advice/all-topics/mitochondrial-donation
https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/file/15363/download?token=1Drxz1-1
https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/au/Documents/Economics/deloite-au-economics-medical-tourism-australia-150811.pdf
While it is likely that this work would be undertaken by an administrative officer, due to the differing sizes of these organisations and the possibility that other staff (such as an office manager or a more junior clinician) could complete this component of the application, the default labour rate has been used.