13Provision of information to participants in ART services

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—

(a) inform a person specified in Column 1 of the Table to this subsection of the matters specified opposite in Column 2, and

(b) obtain confirmation from the person that the person understands those matters,

before providing an ART service specified opposite in Column 3.

Maximum penalty—800 penalty units in the case of a corporation or 400 penalty units in any other case.

Table

| | 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 |

(2) The basic list of matters that a person must be informed of under this section is as follows—

(a) the availability of counselling services,

(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,

(c) any other matter that is prescribed by the regulations.

(3) The extended list of matters that a person must be informed of under this section is as follows—

(a) the availability of counselling services,

(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,

(c) the obligations of the ART provider in relation to obtaining information about the person and the person’s offspring,