56NDonor Conception Registrar to be satisfied of relationship before disclosing information

56N Donor Conception Registrar to be satisfied of relationship before disclosing information

S. 56N(1) amended by No. 39/2024 s. 27(2)(a).

(1) The Donor Conception Registrar must not disclose information (whether identifying or non‑identifying) under this Part about a person whose name is entered on the Central Register as a donor to a person born as a result of a donor treatment procedure or a parent or descendant of a person born as a result of a donor treatment procedure unless satisfied under subsection (4) that the person whose name is entered on the Central Register and the person born as a result of a donor treatment procedure are related.

S. 56N(2) amended by No. 39/2024 s. 27(2)(a).

(2) The Donor Conception Registrar must not disclose information (whether identifying or non-identifying) under this Part about a person born as a result of a donor treatment procedure to a person whose name is entered on the Central Register as a donor unless satisfied under subsection (4) that the person whose name is entered on the Central Register and the person born as a result of a donor treatment procedure are related.

S. 56N(3) amended by No. 39/2024 s. 27(2)(a).

(3) The Donor Conception Registrar must not disclose information about a donor sibling under section 60A to a person born as a result of a donor treatment procedure or a parent of that person unless satisfied under subsection (4) that—

(a) the person whose name is entered on the Central Register as a donor and the person born as a result of donor treatment are related; and

(b) the donor sibling—

(i) is a person born as a result of a donor treatment procedure; and

(ii) is related to the person whose name is entered on the Central Register referred to in paragraph (a).

S. 56N(4) amended by No. 39/2024 s. 27(2)(a).

(4) The Donor Conception Registrar may be satisfied that a person whose name is entered on the Central Register as a donor and a person born as a result of a donor treatment procedure are related if—

(a) a unique donor identifier recorded in the Central Register links the person whose name is entered on the Central Register and the person born as a result of a donor treatment procedure; or

S. 56N(4)(b) amended by No. 39/2024 s. 27(2)(a).

(b) a comparison of genetic testing results provided to the Donor Conception Registrar establishes that the person whose name is entered on the Central Register and the person born as a result of a donor treatment procedure are genetically related; or

S. 56N(4)(c) amended by No. 39/2024 s. 27(2).

(c) the Donor Conception Registrar, having regard to all available information, reasonably believes that—