Human Cloning and Embryo Research Act 2004

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This Act was made as the Human Embryo (Research) Act 2004 A2004-22. It was renamed by sch 1, amdt 1.2 as the Human Cloning and Embryo Research Act 2004 on the commencement of the Human Cloning (Prohibition) Act 2004 (see A2004-22 s 41).

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Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
16 November 2025	HTML PDF Word	R9	16 November 2025	Republication for amendments by A2025-29

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Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
16 November 2025	HTML PDF Word	R9	16 November 2025	Republication for amendments by A2025-29
2 June 2025 - 15 November 2025	HTML PDF Word	R8	2 June 2025	Republication for amendments by A2025-16
28 September 2024 - 1 June 2025	HTML PDF Word	R7	28 September 2024	Republication for amendments by A2024-7
23 June 2021 - 27 September 2024	HTML PDF Word	R6	23 June 2021	Republication for amendments by A2021-12
14 November 2019 - 22 June 2021	HTML PDF Word	R5	14 November 2019	Republication for amendments by A2019-42
19 April 2009 - 13 November 2019	HTML PDF Word	R4	19 April 2009	Republication for commenced expiry
18 April 2008 - 18 April 2009	HTML PDF Word	R3	18 April 2008	Republication for amendments by A2008-8
6 April 2005 - 17 April 2008	HTML PDF Word	R2	6 April 2005	Republication for commenced expiry
8 April 2004 - 5 April 2005	HTML PDF Word	R1	8 April 2004	Republication for new Act and commencement of Human Cloning (Prohibition) Act 2004 A2004-21
8 April 2004	HTML PDF Word	As notified	7 April 2004

The bill and explanatory statement for this Act are accessed from Human Embryo (Research) Bill 2004.

The Human Embryo (Research) Act 2004 has been passed by the Legislative Assembly and is notified under the Legislation Act 2001.

Notified: 7 April 2004 (Parliamentary Counsel)

Date notified	Effective	Files/Formats	Notes
7 April 2004	8 April 2004	HTML PDF Word

Provision	Commencement date	Commencement method
s 1, s 2	7 April 2004	LA s 75 (1)
remainder	8 April 2004	s 2

Provision	Expiry date	Expiry method
pt 10	18 April 2009 (midnight)	s 101
s 30 (3) (b), s 33 (1) (c) and (3), s 55	5 April 2005 (midnight)	s 55

For section-by-section amendment annotations, see the amendment history in the endnotes in the current version of this law.

Year and number	Amending law	Amending provision	Commencement date
A2021-12	Statute Law Amendment Act 2021	sch 3 pt 3.25	23 June 2021
A2019-42	Statute Law Amendment Act 2019	sch 3 pt 3.14	14 November 2019
A2008-8	Human Cloning and Embryo Research Amendment Act 2008	ss 4-43	18 April 2008
A2024-7	Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2024	s 135	28 September 2024
A2025-16	Health Legislation Amendment Act 2025	sch 1 pt 1.4	2 June 2025
A2025-29	Statute Law Amendment Act 2025	sch 3 pt 3.48, sch 4 pt 4.94	16 November 2025