ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TREATMENT ACT 2008 - SECT 42 Application of general requirements for treatment to surrogacy arrangement

ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TREATMENT ACT 2008 - SECT 42

For the purposes of applying Division 2 of Part 2 to a treatment procedure carried out under a surrogacy arrangement, the requirement to comply with the criteria in section 10(2) does not apply to the surrogate mother.

S. 42A (Heading) amended by No. 39/2021 s. 41(1).

S. 42A inserted by No. 39/2021 s. 25, amended by No. 39/2021 s. 41(2).

        42A     intended parents not required to give donor's consent

To avoid doubt, gametes produced by an intended parent or an embryo formed from gametes produced by an intended parent may be used in a treatment procedure carried out under a surrogacy arrangement without a consent given by the intended parent under section 16.

S. 43 amended by No. 39/2021 s. 28.