Pursuant to sections 35 and 36 of the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004 ("the HART Act"),
the Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology (ACART) has issued the following guidelines to the Ethics Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology (ECART):
Guidelines on Surrogacy Arrangements involving Providers of Fertility Services.
Guidelines on Donation of Eggs or Sperm between Certain Family Members.
Pursuant to section 35 of the HART Act, ACART has issued the following guidelines as advice to ECART:
National Ethics Committee on Assisted Human Reproduction Guidelines on the Storage, Use and Disposal of Sperm from a Deceased Man.
- National Ethics Committee on Assisted Human Reproduction Guidelines on Embryo Donation
for Reproductive Purposes.
- National Ethics Committee on Assisted Human Reproduction Guidelines on Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis.
- Guidelines on Gamete and Non-viable Embryo Research (sections 15.4, 15.4.1, 15.4.2, 15.5, 15.6, 15.8, 15.10, 15.11, 15.12, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5 and 16.5.1 of the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council's Ethical guidelines on the use of assisted reproductive technology in clinical practice and research, 2004).
Dated at Palmerston North this 22nd day of November 2007.
SYLVIA RUMBALL, Chair, Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology.