Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024

Provisions supplementary to section 13 - relevant storage (G), relevant storage (E) or relevant storage (T)

14. (1) This section applies without prejudice to the generality of section 13 .

(2) The AHR information document for a type of AHR treatment to be provided for the purposes of facilitating a relevant storage (G) of a gamete referred to in section 8 (3)(a) shall inform the intending parent referred to in that section that, when the relevant storage period (G) expires, the gamete, if it remains unused at the time of such expiration, will be disposed of in accordance with section 40 unless, before such expiration, the AHRRA grants under section 40 an extension to the relevant storage period (G).

(3) The AHR information document for a type of AHR treatment to be provided for the purposes of facilitating a relevant storage (E) of an embryo referred to in section 8 (3)(b) shall inform the intending parents referred to in that section that, when the relevant storage period (E) expires, the embryo, if it remains unused at the time of such expiration, will be disposed of unless, before such expiration, the AHRRA grants under section 41 an extension to the relevant storage period (E).

(4) The AHR information document for a type of AHR treatment to be provided for the purposes of facilitating a relevant storage (T) for a person shall inform the person that, when the relevant storage period (T) expires, the tissue, if it remains unused at the time of such expiration, will be disposed of unless, before such expiration, the AHRRA grants under section 42 an extension to the relevant storage period (T).