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Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004

Information about donors of donated embryos or donated cells and donor offspring - Information about donor offspring

53: Providers must notify Registrar-General of donor offspring births

You could also call this:

"Tell the Registrar-General when a baby is born using a donor"

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When a baby is born using a donor, the provider must tell the Registrar-General. You need to know the provider will try to get information about the baby, like the date and place of birth, the baby's sex, and the baby's name. The provider will then give this information to the Registrar-General.

The provider will also give the Registrar-General the names and addresses of the baby's guardians and information about the donor. This information about the donor includes their name, address, and date, place, and country of birth. The provider will use a special form to give the Registrar-General this information.

The provider must also tell the Registrar-General their own name when giving them the information about the baby and the donor. This is so the Registrar-General has a record of who provided the information. You can think of the Registrar-General like a record keeper for important information like this.

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Part 3Information about donors of donated embryos or donated cells and donor offspring
Information about donor offspring

53Providers must notify Registrar-General of donor offspring births

  1. A provider who learns of the birth of a donor offspring must promptly—

  2. take all practicable steps to obtain, from any person who knows of the donor offspring, the following information:
    1. the date and place of the donor offspring's birth:
      1. the donor offspring's sex:
        1. the donor offspring's name; and
        2. give to the Registrar-General, on a form provided by the Registrar-General for the purpose,—
          1. the information that the provider has been able to obtain under paragraph (a); and
            1. the names and addresses of the guardians of the donor offspring; and
              1. the information specified in subsection (2) about the donor or, as the case requires, about each donor; and
                1. the name of the provider.

                2. The information referred to in subsection (1)(b)(iii) is—

                3. the donor's name:
                  1. the donor's address:
                    1. the date, place, and country of the donor's birth.