ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TREATMENT ACT 2008 - SECT 20A Consent to treatment procedure taken to be withdrawn on separation

ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TREATMENT ACT 2008 - SECT 20A

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     a woman and her partner have each given a consent under section 10(1) to a treatment procedure; and

        (b)         gametes produced by the woman's partner are to be used in the treatment procedure to be carried out on the woman; and

        (c)     before the treatment procedure is carried out, the woman and her partner separate.

    (2)     The consent given under section 10(1) by each of the woman and her partner is taken to be withdrawn on their separation .

    (3)     As soon as practicable after the separation, the woman and her former partner must each give written notice of the separation or cause the written notice to be given—

        (a)     to the registered ART provider or doctor to whom the consent under section 10(1) was given; or

        (b)     to the registered ART provider or doctor with whom the sperm, oocyte or embryo to which the consent relates is kept or stored; or

        (c)     in accordance with the regulations.