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Assisted Reproductive Treatment Act 2008
59Disclosure of information to persons born as a result of a donor treatment procedure
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59 Disclosure of information to persons born as a result of a donor treatment procedure
Subject to Division 3A, on receipt of an application under section 56 from a person born as a result of a donor treatment procedure, the Donor Conception Registrar must disclose to the applicant identifying information about another person—
(a) if the applicant is an adult; or
(b) if the applicant is a child and—
(i) the applicant's parent or guardian has consented to the making of the application; or
S. 59(b)(ii) substituted by No. 39/2024 s. 30(b).
(ii) a Part 6 counsellor has provided counselling to the applicant; and
S. 59(b)(iii) inserted by No. 39/2024 s. 30(b).
(iii) the Donor Conception Registrar has received a statement from the Part 6 counsellor that the applicant is sufficiently mature to understand the consequences of the disclosure from the Central Register.
S. 60 amended by No. 58/2014 s. 11, substituted by No. 6/2016 s. 19, amended by No. 39/2024 s. 31.