63DDuration of contact preferences lodged by pre-1998 donors

63D Duration of contact preferences lodged by pre-1998 donors (1) Subject to subsection (2), a contact preference lodged under section 63C continues in force for 5 years after— S. 63D(1)(a) amended by No. 39/2024 s. 39. (a) the contact preference is lodged with the Donor Conception Registrar; or (b) the contact preference is extended under subsection (3). (2) A contact preference lodged under section 63C(1)(b) expires on the day on which the child who is the subject of the contact preference turns 18 years of age. S. 63D(3) amended by No. 39/2024 s. 39. (3) A pre-1998 donor who lodges a contact preference under section 63C may extend that contact preference by written notice to the Donor Conception Registrar. S. 63D(4) amended by No. 39/2024 s. 39. (4) Before a contact preference expires under subsection (1), the Donor Conception Registrar must make all reasonable efforts to give the pre‑1998 donor who lodged the contact preference written notice— (a) as to when the contact preference will expire under subsection (1); and (b) that the donor may extend the contact preference under subsection (3). S. 63D(5) amended by No. 39/2024 s. 39. (5) The Donor Conception Registrar must, as soon as practicable after a contact preference expires under subsection (1) or (2) or is extended under subsection (3), notify the applicant to whom the contact preference relates. S. 63E inserted by No. 6/2016 s. 23.