15ADonations—maximum number of families—the Act, s 27

15A Donations—maximum number of families—the Act, s 27

15A Donations—maximum number of families—the Act, s 27

(1) For the Act, section 27(1A)(b), the following classes of women are prescribed—

(a) women who, before the relevant date, have an embryo of the woman or the woman’s spouse held in storage by a registered ART provider,

(b) women who, before the relevant date, reserved the use of a gamete held in storage before the relevant date by a registered ART provider,

(c) women who—

(i) before the relevant date, reserved the use of a particular donor’s gamete held outside of the State, and

(ii) no more than 3 months before the relevant date, commenced preliminary treatment with a registered ART provider for the purposes of receiving ART treatment using the gamete.

(2) The exemptions set out in subsection (1)(a)–(c) do not apply unless the registered ART provider who is to provide ART treatment to the woman—

(a) informs the woman that offspring of the donor may have been born to more than 5 women, and

(b) gives the information before using the embryo or gamete to provide ART treatment to the woman.

(3) The exemptions set out in subsection (1)(a)–(c) apply only in relation to the embryos and gametes referred to in the paragraphs.

(4) In this section—

relevant date means 1 October 2025.

s 15A: Ins 2025 (555), Sch 1.