18Counselling requirements

18 Counselling requirements (1) Before a person gives consent under section 16 for use of the person's gametes in assisted reproductive treatment, the person must have received counselling (including counselling in relation to the prescribed matters) from a counsellor who provides services for a registered ART provider. S. 18(2) inserted by No. 39/2021 s. 11(2). (2) Before a person gives consent under section 16 for use of the person's gametes in artificial insemination, the person must have received counselling (including counselling in relation to the prescribed matters) from— (a) a counsellor who provides counselling on behalf of a registered ART provider; or (b) a person who meets the prescribed requirements for counselling.