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Assisted Reproductive Treatment Act 2008
68Exemption from Freedom of Information Act 1982
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68 Exemption from Freedom of Information Act 1982
(1) For the purposes of the **Freedom of Information Act 1982**, a document is an exempt document if—
(a) it contains information (whether or not that information is kept in a register under this Part) about or provided by a person as—
(i) a donor; or
(ii) a woman on whom a treatment procedure is being or has been carried out or on whom a treatment procedure may be carried out; or
(iii) a person who is or has been the partner of a woman referred to in paragraph (ii); or
(iv) a person who was born as a result of a treatment procedure; or
(b) it is the Central Register or part of the Central Register.
(2) Despite subsection (1), a document is not an exempt document under subsection (1)(a)—
(a) to the extent that it only contains information—
(i) about or provided by the applicant and no other person; or
(ii) about or provided by one person only and the applicant is that person's guardian; or
(b) in the prescribed circumstances and to the extent the document does not contain identifying information.
Pt 6A (Heading and ss 68A–68E) inserted by No. 58/2014 s. 16.