63LDuration of contact preferences lodged by parent or guardian of person born as a result of donor treatment procedure

63L Duration of contact preferences lodged by parent or guardian of person born as a result of donor treatment procedure (1) This section applies if a contact preference lodged under section 63I— (a) is lodged by the parent or guardian of a person born as a result of a donor treatment procedure; and (b) is in force on the day on which the person born as a result of a donor treatment procedure turns 18 years of age. (2) A contact preference to which this section applies expires 6 months after the day on which the person born as a result of a donor treatment procedure turns 18 years of age. S. 63L(3) amended by No. 39/2024 s. 47. (3) Before a contact preference expires under subsection (2), the Donor Conception Registrar must make all reasonable efforts to give the person born as a result of a donor treatment procedure written notice— (a) as to when the contact preference will expire under subsection (2); and (b) that the person may— (i) withdraw the contact preference; or (ii) withdraw the contact preference and lodge a contact preference in relation to the applicant to whom the withdrawn contact preference related; or (iii) if the contact preference expires, lodge a contact preference in relation to the applicant to whom the expired contact preference related. (4) The person born as a result of a donor treatment procedure may, within 6 months after the day on which that person turns 18 years of age, withdraw the contact preference. (5) If the person born as a result of a donor treatment procedure withdraws the contact preference under subsection (4), the person may lodge a contact preference under section 63I in relation to the applicant to whom the withdrawn contact preference related. S. 63L(6) amended by No. 39/2024 s. 47. (6) The Donor Conception Registrar must, as soon as practicable after a contact preference expires under subsection (2) or is withdrawn under subsection (4), notify any applicant to whom the contact preference relates. S. 63M inserted by No. 6/2016 s. 23.