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66A Confidentiality of information on the Central Register
S. 66A(1) amended by No. 39/2024 s. 51(1).
(1) The Donor Conception Registrar, a person referred to in section 102 or a person engaged under section 103 or an organisation authorised under section 67B must not disclose to any person, whether directly or indirectly, any information recorded in the Central Register.
S. 66A(2) amended by No. 39/2024 s. 51(2)(a).
(2) Despite subsection (1), the Donor Conception Registrar, a person referred to in section 102 or a person engaged under section 103 or an organisation authorised under section 67B may disclose information recorded in the Central Register—
S. 66A(2)(a) amended by No. 39/2024 s. 51(2)(b).
(a) in the exercise in good faith of a power or a function of the Donor Conception Registrar under this Act; or
(b) to a court or a tribunal; or
(c) as required in the course of disciplinary proceedings against a doctor; or
S. 66A(2)(ca) inserted by No. 39/2024 s. 51(3).
(ca) to the Secretary, at the Secretary's request, for the purpose of assisting the Secretary to perform the Secretary's functions under this Act; or
(d) as required under any other Act; or
(e) for the purposes of law enforcement.
S. 66A(3) inserted by No. 39/2021 s. 35, amended by No. 39/2024 s. 51(4).
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a disclosure by an organisation authorised under section 67B of information that is recorded in the Central Register but was not disclosed to the organisation by the Donor Conception Registrar.
S. 66B (Heading) amended by No. 39/2024 s. 52(1).
S. 66B inserted by No. 6/2016 s. 24.