Assisted Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy Bill 2025

32—1 page i Western Australia Assisted Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy Bill 2025 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary Division 1 — Introduction

1. Short title 2
2. Commencement 2
3. Act binds Crown 2 Division 2 — Objects and principles
4. Objects of Act 3
5. Principles 4 Division 3 — Interpretation
6. Terms used 6
7. ART services 9
8. ART procedures 9
9. Reproductive material and embryos 10
10. Partners and couples 11
11. Person’s or couple’s reproductive purposes 11
12. Birth parent 12
13. Contributing parents 12
14. Intended parents 13
15. Donor 13
16. Surrogacy arrangement, surrogate, intended parents and overseas surrogacy arrangement 14
17. 5 family worldwide limit 15 Part 2 — ART services to be licensed
18. What licence authorises 16
19. Requirement to hold licence 16
20. Provision of ART services restricted to licence premises 16

Assisted Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy Bill 2025 Contents page ii Part 3 — ART procedures Division 1 — Access to ART procedures 21. Access to ART procedures provided by licensee 18 Division 2 — Performing ART procedures 22. Application of Division 18 23. Appropriately qualified 19 24. ART procedures to be performed or supervised by appropriately qualified persons 19 25. Requirement for medical practitioner to certify ART procedure is appropriate 20 26. Performing ART procedures on children 21 27. Exceeding 5 family worldwide limit 22 28. Disclosure of information permitted to ensure compliance with 5 family worldwide limit 23 29. Authorising health practitioners to perform ART procedures at other premises 23 Division 3 — Parentage of children 30. Application of Division 24 31. Child of pregnancy 24 32. Parents of child of pregnancy resulting from ART procedure 24 33. Donor 25 34. Deceased person 25 Division 4 — Record keeping and access to information Subdivision 1 — Licensee must keep records 35. Licensee must keep required records 26 36. Required records: ART procedures 26 37. Required records: storage 27 38. Required records: register of authorisations 28 39. Licensee must give information to CEO for register of identity and register of ART procedures 28 40. Licensee must correct inaccurate information 29 41. Confidentiality of information recorded under this Division 29 42. False or misleading records 30

Assisted Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy Bill 2025 Contents page iii Subdivision 2 — Access to information 43. Licensee must provide access to information 30 44. Contact preferences 31 Part 4 — Reproductive material and embryos Division 1 — Rights over reproductive material and embryos 45. Rights over reproductive material 33 46. Rights over embryos 33 47. Rights of donor over donated reproductive material or donated embryo 34 Division 2 — Consent 48. Consent not required more than once 35 49. Consent of person under 18 years of age 35 50. Requirement for consent 35 51. Requirements relating to counselling services and information to support informed consent 36 52. Verification of identity of consent giver 37 53. Collection, use and storage of reproductive material 37 54. Transfer procedure using reproductive material 38 55. Creation of embryo 39 56. Storage of embryo 39 57. Allocation of donated embryo 39 58. Use of embryo in embryo transfer procedure 40 59. Amendment or withdrawal of consent 40 60. Steps after withdrawal of consent 41 61. Disputes and unforeseen circumstances relating to embryos 42 62. Disposal or limited use of unviable material or unviable embryos 42 Division 3 — Genetic testing 63. Limited genetic testing of embryos 43 64. Prohibition on sex selection 44 65. Approved conditions list 44