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 Guidelines on the Creation and Use, For Reproductive Purposes, of an Embryo created from Donated Eggs in conjunction with Donated Sperm to the Ethics Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology (ECART), to come into effect from 13 December 2010.
In addition, ACART has updated the preamble of the Guidelines on Donation of Eggs or Sperm between Certain Family Members, issued to ECART on 22 November
2007 and published in the New Zealand Gazette,
29 November 2007, No. 130, page 3375; New Zealand Gazette, 13 November 2008, No. 175, page 4522; and
New Zealand Gazette, 13 August 2009, No. 119, page 2725.
The updated preamble no longer refers to the use of donated eggs in conjunction with donated sperm.
Pursuant to section 36(2) of the HART Act, the new and updated guidelines are available online at
www.acart.health.govt.nz
Copies are also available from the ACART Secretariat at
PO Box 5013, Wellington 6145. Telephone: (04) 816 3931. Email: acart@moh.govt.nz
Dated at Palmerston North this 9th day of December 2010.
SYLVIA RUMBALL, Chair, Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology.