Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Infertility Treatment Act 1995 - SECT 29

Requirements as to consent

29. Requirements as to consent



(1) A consent under section 27 or 28-

   (a)  must be in writing; and

   (b)  must specify that the donor and, if the case so requires, the donor's
        spouse, have consented to the particular use of the gamete or embryo,
        as the case so requires, in the research; and

   (c)  must not have been withdrawn or have lapsed when the gamete or embryo
        is used for the research.

(2) A person giving consent under section 27 or 28, must lodge the consent or
cause the consent to be lodged with the designated officer of the licensed
centre at which the research is to take place.

(3) In this section, spouse, in relation to a donor, means a person who was,
at the time the donor gave consent under section 27 or 28, married to the
donor or living in a de facto relationship with the donor.