Assisted Human Reproduction Act

Marginal note:Definitions

3 The following definitions apply in this Act.

Agency

Agency[Repealed, 2012, c. 19, s. 713]

assisted reproduction procedure

assisted reproduction procedure[Repealed, 2012, c. 19, s. 713]

chimera

chimera means

• (a) an embryo into which a cell of any non-human life form has been introduced; or

• (b) an embryo that consists of cells of more than one embryo, foetus or human being. (chimère)

consent

consent[Repealed, 2012, c. 19, s. 713]

controlled activity

controlled activity[Repealed, 2012, c. 19, s. 713]

donor

donor means

• (a) in relation to human reproductive material, the individual from whose body it was obtained, whether for consideration or not; and

• (b) in relation to an in vitro embryo, a donor as defined in the regulations. (donneur)

embryo

embryo means a human organism during the first 56 days of its development following fertilization or creation, excluding any time during which its development has been suspended, and includes any cell derived from such an organism that is used for the purpose of creating a human being. (embryon)

foetus

foetus means a human organism during the period of its development beginning on the fifty-seventh day following fertilization or creation, excluding any time during which its development has been suspended, and ending at birth. (foetus)

gene

gene includes a nucleotide sequence, and an artificially created gene or nucleotide sequence. (gène)

genome

genome means the totality of the deoxyribonucleic acid sequence of a particular cell. (génome)

health reporting information

health reporting information[Repealed, 2012, c. 19, s. 713]

human clone

human clone means an embryo that, as a result of the manipulation of human reproductive material or an in vitro embryo, contains a diploid set of chromosomes obtained from a single — living or deceased — human being, foetus or embryo. (clone humain)

human reproductive material

human reproductive material means a sperm, ovum or other human cell or a human gene, and includes a part of any of them. (matériel reproductif humain)

hybrid

hybrid means

• (a) a human ovum that has been fertilized by a sperm of a non-human life form;

• (b) an ovum of a non-human life form that has been fertilized by a human sperm;

• (c) a human ovum into which the nucleus of a cell of a non-human life form has been introduced;

• (d) an ovum of a non-human life form into which the nucleus of a human cell has been introduced; or

• (e) a human ovum or an ovum of a non-human life form that otherwise contains haploid sets of chromosomes from both a human being and a non-human life form. (hybride)

in vitro embryo

in vitro embryo means an embryo that exists outside the body of a human being. (embryon in vitro)

licence

licence[Repealed, 2012, c. 19, s. 713]

Minister

Minister means the Minister of Health. (ministre)

ovum

ovum means a human ovum, whether mature or not. (ovule)

sperm

sperm means a human sperm, whether mature or not. (spermatozoïde)

surrogate mother

surrogate mother means a female person who — with the intention of surrendering the child at birth to a donor or another person — carries an embryo or foetus that was conceived by means of an assisted reproduction procedure and derived from the genes of a donor or donors. (mère porteuse)