30Collection of information

#### 30 Collection of information 30 Collection of information > > (1) An ART provider must not obtain a gamete from a gamete provider unless the ART provider has obtained the following information— > > > > > (a) the full name of the gamete provider, > > > > > (b) the residential address of the gamete provider, > > > > > (c) the date of birth of the gamete provider, > > > > > (d) the place of birth of the gamete provider, > > > > > (e) the ethnicity and physical characteristics of the gamete provider, > > > > > (f) the relevant medical history of the gamete provider, > > > > > (g) the sex and year of birth of each offspring of the gamete provider, > > > > > (h) the name of each ART provider who has previously obtained a donated gamete from the gamete provider and the date on which the gamete was obtained. > > > (2) An ART provider must not use a gamete or an embryo for any purpose (including in the provision of ART treatment) unless the ART provider has obtained the information specified in subsection (1) in relation to the gamete or gametes used to create the embryo. > > > (2A) An ART provider is only required to obtain the information specified in subsection (1) (d)–(h) if the gamete is a donated gamete. > > > (3) An ART provider must not use a gamete in the provision of ART treatment to a woman unless the ART provider has obtained the following information— > > > > > (a) the full name, residential address and date of birth of the woman, > > > > > (b) any other information about the woman, the woman’s spouse (if any) and any offspring of the woman that the regulations may require the ART provider to obtain. > > > (4) An ART provider must not provide treatment to a woman that is intended to assist the woman to achieve pregnancy if the ART provider knows, or should reasonably suspect, that the woman intends to achieve pregnancy through ART treatment provided by a person other than a registered ART provider, unless the ART provider has obtained— > > > > > (a) the information required under subsection (1) in relation to the gamete (or the gametes used to create the embryo) that the woman will use to achieve pregnancy, and > > > > > (b) the information required under subsection (3) in relation to the woman, the woman’s spouse (if any) and any offspring of the woman. > > > (5) An ART provider that provides ART treatment to a woman using a donated gamete must take reasonable steps to find out from the woman, no earlier than 1 month and no later than 4 months after the treatment, whether or not she is pregnant as a result of the treatment. > > > (6) The ART provider is not required to take those steps if the ART provider knows that the woman is not pregnant as a result of the treatment. > > > (7) The ART provider must take further reasonable steps to find out from the woman, no earlier than 10 months and no later than 15 months after the ART treatment— > > > > > (a) whether or not an offspring was born as a result of the treatment, and > > > > > (b) the full name, sex and date of birth of the offspring. > > > (8) The ART provider is not required to take those steps if the ART provider— > > > > > (a) is informed by the woman earlier than 10 months after the treatment that an offspring was born as a result of the treatment and the woman informs the ART provider of the full name, sex and date of birth of the offspring, or > > > > > (b) knows that no offspring was born as a result of the treatment. > > Maximum penalty—200 penalty units in the case of a corporation or 100 penalty units in any other case. > > **s 30:** Am 2016 No 11, Sch 1 \[9\]; 2018 No 73, Sch 1 \[17\]–\[20\].