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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

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

You could also call this:

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

Illustration for Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004

If you are 18 years or older and were born using a donor, you can choose to let the donor know who you are. You can do this by giving a written notice to a provider or the Registrar-General, saying it is okay to share your identifying information with the donor. You can also change your mind later and cancel this notice. When you give this notice, the provider or the Registrar-General must keep it with your other information. The provider or the Registrar-General can only share your information with the donor if you have given them a notice saying it is okay, and you have not cancelled that notice.

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

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

  1. A donor offspring who is 18 years or older may give a provider or the Registrar-General a written notice—

  2. consenting to the disclosure of identifying information about the donor offspring to any named donor; or
    1. cancelling a notice given to the provider or the Registrar-General by the donor offspring under paragraph (a).

      1. A provider or the Registrar-General must keep with any information about the donor offspring kept under this Act every notice given by the donor offspring under subsection (1).

      2. For the purposes of any provision of this Act, a provider or the Registrar-General has the consent of a donor offspring to the disclosure to a donor of identifying information about the donor offspring if, and only if,—

      3. the provider or the Registrar-General holds a notice in relation to that donor given by the donor offspring under subsection (1)(a); and
        1. that notice has not been cancelled under subsection (1)(b).