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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

56: Providers to accept updated and corrected information about donor offspring

You could also call this:

"Telling providers your new or corrected info if you were born using a donor"

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If you are 18 years or older and were born using a donor, you can give new information to a provider that updates or corrects what they already know about you under section 53(1)(b). The provider must accept this new information. This helps make sure the provider has the most accurate and up-to-date information about you.

If you are under 18 years old and were born using a donor, your guardian can give new information to a provider that updates or corrects what they already know about you under section 53(1)(b). The provider must accept this new information. This helps the provider have the most accurate information about you.

The provider has to accept the new information whether it comes from you, if you are 18 or older, or from your guardian, if you are under 18.

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"Donor offspring can access their own information when they turn 18, or a guardian can ask for them if they're under 18."

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

56Providers to accept updated and corrected information about donor offspring

  1. If a donor offspring who is 18 years or older offers to a provider any information that updates or corrects any of the information already given under section 53(1)(b) about the donor offspring, the provider must accept the updated or corrected information.

  2. If a guardian of a donor offspring who is under 18 years offers to a provider any information that updates or corrects any of the information already given under section 53(1)(b) about the donor offspring, the provider must accept the updated or corrected information.