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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

61: Access by donors to information about donor offspring kept by Registrar-General

You could also call this:

"Donors can ask to know if they have any children from their donation"

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If you are a donor, you can ask the Registrar-General if there are any children born from your donation. The Registrar-General will tell you if there are any children and if they are boys or girls. You can find more information about what the Registrar-General is told in section 53(1)(b). The Registrar-General will only give you more information about the children if they have agreed to share it with you.

The Registrar-General might not give you information about the children if they think it could put someone in danger. This means they can say no to your request even if the children have agreed to share their information with you. The Registrar-General's decision to keep someone safe is more important than giving you the information you asked for.

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Information about donor offspring

61Access by donors to information about donor offspring kept by Registrar-General

  1. At the request of a donor, the Registrar-General must tell the donor whether information given to the Registrar-General under section 53(1)(b) discloses that there have been any donor offspring born and, if so, the sex of each donor offspring.

  2. If the Registrar-General has the donor offspring's consent to give the donor access to identifying information about the donor offspring, the Registrar-General must do so at the donor's request.

  3. The Registrar-General may refuse to disclose to the donor, or give the donor access to, identifying information about the donor offspring if satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that to do so is likely to endanger any person.

  4. Subsection (3) overrides subsections (1) and (2).