63JForm of contact preference

63J Form of contact preference

(1) A contact preference lodged under section 63I must be in the form approved by the Secretary.

(2) A contact preference may state that—

(a) the person does not wish to be contacted by the applicant; or

(b) the person wishes any contact with the applicant to occur only in a specified way.

S. 63J(3) substituted by No. 39/2024 s. 45.

(3) Before a contact preference is lodged under section 63I, the Donor Conception Registrar must give any prescribed explanatory material to—

(a) if the contact preference is to be lodged by a person born as a result of a donor treatment procedure, that person; or

(b) if the contact preference is to be lodged by the parent or guardian of a child born as a result of a donor treatment procedure—

(i) the parent or guardian; and

(ii) if the Donor Conception Registrar is informed that the child wishes to receive the explanatory material, the child.

S. 63K inserted by No. 6/2016 s. 23.