Division
The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2022-02-10.49.2) that [sections 28F and 28G](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=LEGISLATION;id=legislation%2Fbills%2Fr6697_first-reps%2F0001;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fbills%2Fr6697_first-reps%2F0000%22;rec=0) in item 17 of schedule 1 remain unchanged. In parliamentary jargon, they voted that those sections *stand as printed*. This was a [free vote](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/parliament-at-work/crossing-the-floor/) (also known as a conscience vote), which means our senators voted according to their own beliefs rather than strictly along party lines. ### Text of sections 28F and 28G > *28F What a clinical practice research and training licence authorises* > > *(1) A clinical practice research and training licence authorises carrying out any of the activities mentioned in subsection (2) that are specified in the licence, at an accredited ART centre, in undertaking research and training for the purpose of doing all of the following in preparation for using the permitted technique specified in the licence in a clinical practice setting:* > >> *(a) developing protocols for using the technique safely and effectively, in a clinical practice setting, for the purpose of minimising the risk of women’s offspring inheriting mitochondria that would predispose them to mitochondrial disease;* >> >> *(b) ensuring that each embryologist nominated under subsection 28H(5) has technical competence in the use of the technique in accordance with those protocols;* >> >> *(c) ensuring that the holder’s facilities, equipment, processes and protocols for using the technique are suitable for using the technique in a clinical practice setting.* > > *(2) The activities are as follows:* > >> *(a) creation of human embryos other than by fertilisation of a human egg by a human sperm, using the permitted technique specified in the licence, a
Senate, 2022-02-10. affirmative: ayes 36, noes 25.
Question
The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2022-02-10.49.2) that [sections 28F and 28G](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=LEGISLATION;id=legislation%2Fbills%2Fr6697_first-reps%2F0001;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fbills%2Fr6697_first-reps%2F0000%22;rec=0) in item 17 of schedule 1 remain unchanged. In parliamentary jargon, they voted that those sections *stand as printed*. This was a [free vote](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/parliament-at-work/crossing-the-floor/) (also known as a conscience vote), which means our senators voted according to their own beliefs rather than strictly along party lines. ### Text of sections 28F and 28G > *28F What a clinical practice research and training licence authorises* > > *(1) A clinical practice research and training licence authorises carrying out any of the activities mentioned in subsection (2) that are specified in the licence, at an accredited ART centre, in undertaking research and training for the purpose of doing all of the following in preparation for using the permitted technique specified in the licence in a clinical practice setting:* > >> *(a) developing protocols for using the technique safely and effectively, in a clinical practice setting, for the purpose of minimising the risk of women’s offspring inheriting mitochondria that would predispose them to mitochondrial disease;* >> >> *(b) ensuring that each embryologist nominated under subsection 28H(5) has technical competence in the use of the technique in accordance with those protocols;* >> >> *(c) ensuring that the holder’s facilities, equipment, processes and protocols for using the technique are suitable for using the technique in a clinical practice setting.* > > *(2) The activities are as follows:* > >> *(a) creation of human embryos other than by fertilisation of a human egg by a human sperm, using the permitted technique specified in the licence, a
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