10Containers to be sealed and labelled

10 Containers to be sealed and labelled

(1)  If a sampler takes a bodily sample from a donor, the sampler must ensure that the bodily sample is placed in a container that complies with subregulation (2)  –

(a) immediately after the bodily sample is taken; and

(b) subject to subregulations (4) and (5) , in the presence of the donor.

(2)  For the purposes of subregulation (1) , a container –

(a) must not have been used previously for any purpose; and

(b) must be sealed in a way that, if it were opened after being sealed, that fact of opening would be evident on inspection of the container; and

(c) must have a label, on which the following information is written in ink, securely attached to it:

(i) the full name of the donor;

(ii) the date of birth of the donor;

(iii) the gender identity of the donor;

(iv) the date on which and time at which the bodily sample was taken; and

(d) must be labelled in a way that, if the writing on the label were later obscured, altered or erased, that would be evident on inspection of the label.

(3)  After the label referred to in subregulation (2)(c) is completed and attached to the container it must be signed, in ink, by the sampler and, subject to subregulations (4) and (5) , the donor.

(4)  If the donor is a child –

(a) the sampler is to comply with subregulation (1) in the presence of a parent of the child; and

(b) for the purposes of subregulation (3) , a parent of the child is to sign the label instead of the donor.

(5)  If the donor is a person who, by reason of disability, is unable to make reasonable judgments in relation to his or her personal circumstances –