34Direction to answer questions and provide information about donor-conceived births

#### 34 Direction to answer questions and provide information about donor-conceived births 34 Direction to answer questions and provide information about donor-conceived births > > (1) The Secretary may give a health services provider a written direction requiring the provider to answer specified questions, or to furnish any other information specified in the direction, for the purposes of— > > > > > (a) determining whether or not a live offspring was born as a result of the provision by an ART provider of ART treatment, on or after 1 January 2010, using a donated gamete, or > > > > > (b) determining whether or not any registrable information in connection with such an offspring has been correctly entered in the central register, or > > > > > (c) obtaining any registrable information in connection with such an offspring. > > > (2) A direction under this section may require the questions to be answered, or the other information to be furnished, in a specified manner, by a specified time and in a specified form. > > > (3) A person who is given a direction under this section must not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with the direction. > > > > Maximum penalty—200 penalty units in the case of a corporation or 100 penalty units in any other case. > > > (4) In this section, registrable information means any of the following— > > > > > (a) the full name, sex and date of birth of an offspring who was born as a result of the provision by an ART provider of ART treatment using a donated gamete, > > > > > (b) the full name, residential address, date of birth, ethnicity, physical characteristics and relevant medical history of the gamete provider, > > > > > (c) the sex and year of birth of each offspring of the gamete provider, > > > > > (d) the gamete provider’s consent (within the meaning of Division 3 of Part 2) relating to the gamete or embryo used in the ART treatment, > > > > > (e) the full name of the woman who gave birth to the offspring, > > > > > (f) the full name of the spouse (if any) of that woman, > > > > > (g) any other matters that are prescribed by the regulations. > > **s 34:** Am 2010 No 102, Sch 2.1 \[9\]. Renumbered as sec 32C, 2018 No 73, Sch 1 \[36\]. Ins 2018 No 73, Sch 1 \[37\].