69Contacting donor conceived person for consent to

69 Contacting donor conceived person for consent to disclosure (1) The director-general may contact a mature donor conceived person to ask whether the person wishes to consent to the disclosure of information under this division. (2) The director-general may contact a person under subsection (1)— (a) at the request of the person’s donor; or (b) at the request of the person’s donor sibling; or (c) on the director-general’s own initiative. (3) The director-general may contact a person under subsection (1) only if, in their opinion, the contact is justified to promote the safety or welfare of at least 1 of the people concerned.

(4) The director-general may— (a) consult any entity the director-general believes may assist in the exercise of their functions under this section; and (b) arrange for any of the people concerned to be provided with counselling the director-general believes is necessary to assist the person and the director-general in the matter. (5) A regulation may prescribe guidelines in accordance with which the director-general must exercise the director-general’s functions under this section.