House of Representatives/Senate
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve's Law) Bill 2021
Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by authority of the Minister for Health and Aged Care, the Hon Greg Hunt MP)Abbreviations used in this explanatory memorandum
This explanatory memorandum uses the following abbreviated references:
| Abbreviation | Full reference |
| Acts Interpretation Act | Acts Interpretation Act 1901 |
| Bill | Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve's Law) Bill 2021 |
| Criminal Code | The Schedule to the Criminal Code Act 1995 |
| ERLC | Embryo Research Licensing Committee of the NHMRC |
| Excluded Goods Determination | Therapeutic Goods (Excluded Goods) Determination 2018 |
| FFSP Act | Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997 |
| FOI Act | Freedom of Information Act 1982 |
| Gene Technology Act | Gene Technology Act 2000 |
| Gene Technology Regulations | Gene Technology Regulations 2001 |
| GVT | Germinal Vesicle Transfer |
| HFEA | The United Kingdom Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority |
| IRD Act | Industry Research and Development Act 1986 |
| Legislation Act | Legislation Act 2003 |
| MST | Maternal spindle transfer |
| NHMRC | National Health and Medical Research Council |
| NHMRC Act | National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992 |
| PBT | Polar Body Transfer (either first polar body transfer or second polar body transfer) |
| PGPA Act | Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 |
| PHCR Act | Prohibition on Human Cloning for Reproduction Act 2002 |
| PNT | Pronuclear Transfer |
| Public Service Act | Public Service Act 1999 |
| Regulatory Powers Act | Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014 |
| RIHE Act | Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 |
| RIHE Regulations | Research Involving Human Embryos Regulations 2017 |
| Senate Inquiry | 2018 inquiry by the Senate Community Affairs References Committee into the Science of Mitochondrial Donation and Related Matters |
| Therapeutic Goods Act | Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 |
| UK | United Kingdom |
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