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Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2007
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#### 13 Provision of information to participants in ART services
13 Provision of information to participants in ART services
> > (1) An ART provider must, in accordance with this section—
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> > > (a) inform a person specified in Column 1 of the Table to this subsection of the matters specified opposite in Column 2, and
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> > > (b) obtain confirmation from the person that the person understands those matters,
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> > before providing an ART service specified opposite in Column 3.
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> > Maximum penalty—800 penalty units in the case of a corporation or 400 penalty units in any other case.
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> > Table
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> > | | Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
> > | | Person | Matters | ART service |
> > | 1 | A woman seeking ART treatment that does not use donated gametes | Basic list of matters | ART treatment to the woman |
> > | 2 | A woman seeking ART treatment that uses donated gametes | Extended list of matters | ART treatment to the woman |
> > | 3 | A person proposing to provide a gamete (other than as a donated gamete) | Basic list of matters | Obtaining the gamete from the person |
> > | 4 | A person proposing to provide a donated gamete | Extended list of matters | Obtaining the gamete from the person |
> > | 5 | A gamete provider from whom the gamete was not originally obtained as a donated gamete | Extended list of matters | Using the gamete, or an embryo created using the gamete, in providing ART treatment to a person who is not the gamete provider or the gamete provider’s spouse |
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> > (2) The basic list of matters that a person must be informed of under this section is as follows—
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> > > (a) the availability of counselling services,
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> > > (b) the effect of a gamete provider’s consent under Division 3, and how and until when such a consent may be modified or revoked,
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> > > (c) any other matter that is prescribed by the regulations.
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> > (3) The extended list of matters that a person must be informed of under this section is as follows—
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> > > (a) the availability of counselling services,
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> > > (b) the effect of a gamete provider’s consent under Division 3, and how and until when such a consent may be modified or revoked,
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> > > (c) the obligations of the ART provider in relation to obtaining information about the person and the person’s offspring,
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> > > (d) the application of section 62 to the person, including in relation to information provided to the ART provider by the person,
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> > > (e) the existence of the central register and the information about the person and the person’s offspring that will be held on the register,
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> > > (f) the right of the person to obtain information held on the register about the person,
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> > > (g) the right of the person and the person’s offspring to obtain information held on the register about other persons,
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> > > (h) the right of other persons to obtain information held on the register about the person and the person’s offspring,
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> > > (i) any other matter that is prescribed by the regulations.
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> > (4) Any information required to be provided under this section is to be provided in the approved form (if any).
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> > (5) Any confirmation required to be obtained under this section is to be obtained in the approved form (if any).
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> **s 13:** Subst 2018 No 73, Sch 1 \[7\].