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ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TREATMENT ACT 2008 - SECT 56L Authority may request genetic test results of suspected donor

ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TREATMENT ACT 2008 - SECT 56L

Authority may request genetic test results of suspected donor

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     an application has been made under section 56(1) by a person born as a result of a pre-1998 donor treatment procedure; and

        (b)     there is insufficient information on the Central Register to determine whether a person whose name is entered on the Central Register as a donor is the donor of gametes used in the procedure.

    (2)     The Authority may, for the purposes of establishing a genetic link between the person whose name is entered on the Central Register and the applicant, request that the person whose name is entered on the Central Register

        (a)     undergo genetic testing at a place specified by the Authority; and

        (b)     consent to the comparison of the results of the genetic testing described in paragraph (a) with a DNA profile or genetic test results relating to the applicant; and

        (c)     consent to the results of the comparison described in paragraph (b) being given to the Authority.

S. 56M inserted by No. 6/2016 s. 15.