Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004

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

58: Access to information about siblings of donor offspring

You could also call this:

"Learning about your donor siblings: who can tell you and how"

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If you are a donor offspring, you might want to know if you have any siblings who also have the same donor. A provider or the Registrar-General can tell you if you have a sibling who shares the same donor. They can also give you information about your sibling, but only if certain conditions are met. You must be 18 years or older to get this information yourself, or if you are under 18, your guardian can get it for you.

If your sibling is 18 years or older, they must agree to let you have their information. If your sibling is under 18, their guardian must agree to let you have their information. This rule is more important than some other rules, like sections 51 and 62, which means it overrides them. You can get information about your sibling if all these conditions are met. The provider or Registrar-General will decide what information to give you.

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57: Access by donor offspring to information about them kept by providers or Registrar-General, or

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

59: Donor offspring 18 years or older may consent to disclosure of identifying information to donor, or

"Adults born using a donor can choose to share their identity with the donor if they want to."

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

58Access to information about siblings of donor offspring

A provider or the Registrar-General may tell a donor offspring (donor offspring A) and, if donor offspring A is under 18 years, the guardian of donor offspring A whether donor offspring A shares a donor with another donor offspring (donor offspring B) and, if that is the case and the condition specified in subsection (2) is met, give access to identifying information about donor offspring B—
if donor offspring A is 18 years or older, to donor offspring A; or
if donor offspring A is under 18 years, to the guardian of donor offspring A.

The condition referred to in subsection (1) is that—
if donor offspring B is 18 years or older, donor offspring B consents to the giving of access; or
if donor offspring B is under 18 years, the guardian of donor offspring B consents to the giving of access.

This section overrides sections 51 and 62.