56Application for information on Central Register

56 Application for information on Central Register S. 56(1) amended by Nos 6/2016 s. 13(1), 39/2024 s. 16(1). (1) The following persons may apply to the Donor Conception Registrar for the disclosure of information recorded on the Central Register— (a) a person born as a result of a donor treatment procedure; (b) a parent of a person born as a result of a donor treatment procedure; (c) a person who is descended from a person born as a result of a donor treatment procedure; (d) a donor. (2) An application under subsection (1) may request only the disclosure of information relating to— (a) if the application is made by a person referred to in subsection (1)(a), the applicant; or (b) if the application is made by a person referred to in subsection (1)(b) or (d), the applicant's child; or (c) if the application is made by a person referred to in subsection (1)(c), the person from whom the applicant is descended; or (d) if the application is made by a person referred to in subsection (1)(d), a person born as a result of a donor treatment procedure carried out using the donor's gametes. S. 56(3) amended by No. 6/2016 s. 13(2), substituted by No. 39/2024 s. 16(2). (3) An application under subsection (1) must— (a) be in the form and way approved by the Donor Conception Registrar; and (b) include a statement in the prescribed form of the applicant's reasons for the application; and (c) be accompanied by the prescribed fee. S. 56(4) inserted by No. 39/2024 s. 16(2). (4) Before accepting an application under this section, the Donor Conception Registrar must give the applicant any prescribed explanatory material. S. 56A inserted by No. 58/2014 s. 9.