17Giving, modifying and revoking consent

#### 17 Giving, modifying and revoking consent 17 Giving, modifying and revoking consent > > (1) A gamete provider may give an ART provider that obtains, or proposes to obtain, a gamete from the gamete provider a written notice, in the approved form (if any), setting out the gamete provider’s wishes in relation to the gamete (the gamete provider’s consent). > > > (2) A gamete provider’s consent may address such matters as the uses that may be made of the gamete (or an embryo created using the gamete) and whether the gamete or embryo may be stored, exported from this State or supplied to another ART provider. > > > (3) A gamete provider may modify or revoke his or her consent by giving written notice, in the approved form (if any), of the modification or revocation of consent to— > > > > > (a) the ART provider that obtained the gamete from the gamete provider, or > > > > > (b) any ART provider that is, or has ever been, in possession of the gamete or embryo to which the modification or revocation of consent relates. > > > (4) A consent may be modified or revoked at any time up until— > > > > > (a) in the case of a donated gamete—the gamete is placed in the body of a woman or an embryo is created using the gamete, or > > > > > (b) in the case of a gamete that is used to create a donated embryo—the embryo is implanted in the body of a woman, or > > > > > (c) in any other case—the gamete is placed in the body of a woman or an embryo created using the gamete is implanted in the body of a woman. > > > (5) As soon as practicable after an ART provider is given written notice by a gamete provider of the modification or revocation of his or her consent, the ART provider must give written notice of the modification or revocation to any other ART provider to which the ART provider has supplied the gamete or any embryo created using the gamete. > > > (6) As soon as practicable after an ART provider is given written notice by another ART provider of the modification or revocation of a gamete provider’s consent, the ART provider must give written notice of the modification or revocation to any other ART provider to which the ART provider has supplied the gamete or any embryo created using the gamete. > > > (7) Except as provided by section 17A, a modification or revocation of consent takes effect in relation to an ART provider as soon as the ART provider is given written notice of the modification or revocation in accordance with this section. > > > (8) A reference in this section to a donated gamete does not include a reference to a gamete that becomes a donated gamete only after being used to create an embryo. > > **s 17:** Am 2018 No 73, Sch 1 \[9\]–\[12\].