Assisted Human Reproduction Act

Marginal note:Regulations of Governor in Council

• 65 (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for carrying into effect the purposes and provisions of this Act and, in particular, may make regulations

  • (a) defining donor, in relation to an in vitro embryo;

  • (b) for the purposes of section 8, respecting the giving of consent for the use of human reproductive material or an in vitro embryo or for the removal of human reproductive material;

  • (c) respecting the tests to be conducted in respect of sperm and ova described in any of paragraphs 10(2)(a) to (c), and the obtaining, preparation, preservation, quarantining, identification, labelling and storage of, and the assessment of the quality of, the sperm and ova;

  • (d) respecting the testing and screening of, and the assessment of the suitability of, donors described in paragraph 10(3)(b);

  • (d.1) respecting the disposition of sperm and ova described in any of paragraphs 10(2)(a) to (c);

  • (d.2) respecting the tracing of sperm and ova described in any of paragraphs 10(2)(a) to (c), including regulations that require

    • (i) measures to be taken to identify persons who have distributed, made use of or imported the sperm or ova for the purpose of assisted human reproduction, or who are storing any of them for that purpose,

    • (ii) the communication of information to the persons referred to in subparagraph (i), to the donors of the sperm and ova and to the persons who have undergone assisted human reproduction procedures in which the sperm or ova were used,

    • (iii) measures to be taken to determine the nature, cause and extent of the risks to human health and safety, and

    • (iv) measures to be taken in respect of the sperm and ova to reduce those risks;

  • (d.3) respecting the reporting to the Minister of information with respect to an activity described in section 10;

  • (e) respecting the reimbursement of expenditures for the purposes of subsection 12(1), including providing for the expenditures that may be reimbursed;

  • (e.1) for the purposes of subsection 12(3), respecting the reimbursement of a loss of income;

  • (f) to (m) [Repealed, 2012, c. 19, s. 737]

  • (n) respecting the creation and maintenance of records by any person who

    • (i) engages in an activity for which written consent is required under section 8,

    • (ii) engages in an activity described in section 10, or

    • (iii) makes a reimbursement under section 12;

  • (o) to (q) [Repealed, 2012, c. 19, s. 737]

  • (r) authorizing the Minister, in the manner set out in the regulations, to require any person described in paragraph (n) to provide to the Minister any records that the person is required by the regulations to create or maintain, and any additional information related to the activity described in subparagraph (n)(i), (ii) or (iii), and requiring that person to provide to the Minister those records and that information within the time and in the manner set out in the regulations;

  • (s) to (w) [Repealed, 2012, c. 19, s. 737]

  • (x) respecting the treatment and disposition of material or information seized under this Act or the Criminal Code;

  • (y) for the purposes of subsection 51(1), prescribing the information to be contained in the notice and the time and manner of sending it;

  • (z) respecting the further measures referred to in section 54;

  • (z.1) respecting the giving of consent for the purposes of section 54;

  • (z.2) defining designated officer for the purposes of subsection 52(3) and section 54;

  • (z.3) exempting any person from the application of section 10, conditionally or unconditionally, in the circumstances provided for in the regulations; and

  • (z.4) exempting from the application of subsection 12(2), conditionally or unconditionally, in the circumstances provided for in the regulations, any person who reimburses expenditures referred to in the regulations.

• Marginal note:Incorporation by reference

  (2) The regulations may incorporate any document by reference, regardless of its source, either as it reads on a particular date or as it is amended from time to time.

• Marginal note:Documents in one language

  (3) Where a document that is available in both official languages has been incorporated by reference as amended from time to time, an amendment to one language version of that document is not incorporated until the corresponding amendment is made to the other language version.

• Marginal note:Statutory Instruments Act

  (4) A document does not become a regulation within the meaning of the Statutory Instruments Act merely because it is incorporated by reference.