Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024

Provision of AHR treatment

16. An AHR treatment provider shall not provide AHR treatment to a person unless—

(a) subject to sections 9 (1)(a) and 11 (1)(a) of the Act of 2015 and sections 39 , 55 (1)(b) and 56 (2), the person has attained the age of 18 years but has not attained the specified upper age limit (if any), and

(b) the provider is satisfied that, in all the circumstances of the case—

(i) such treatment is necessary to—

(I) enable pregnancy or birth or both,

(II) enable fertility preservation, or

(III) avoid, in accordance with the provisions of Part 6 , serious disability or illness in a child,

(ii) such treatment does not pose a disproportionate risk to the health of a child that may be born as a result of such treatment, and

(iii) where the person is a woman, pregnancy or birth, following such treatment, does not pose a disproportionate risk to her health.