Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024

Provisions supplementary to section 19 - relevant donation (G)

20. (1) This section applies without prejudice to the generality of section 151 .

(2) The specified form of a section 19 consent shall, in the case of a relevant donation (G), require the relevant donor (G) to—

(a) confirm that consent under section 6 of the Act of 2015 has been given by him or her as regards such donation,

(b) specify the AHR treatment for which the relevant donation (G) may be used,

(c) specify that he or she has been given the opportunity to reduce the number of families referred to in section 33 (1) in the case of the relevant donation (G) and—

(i) has so reduced that number, or

(ii) has declined that opportunity,

and

(d) subject to subsection (3), state whether or not he or she consents to the relevant donation (G), or an embryo created from such donation, being used—

(i) by an AHR treatment provider, other than the AHR treatment provider to whom such donation is proposed to be made, in providing AHR treatment to a person, or

(ii) by a person who is the equivalent, in another jurisdiction, of an AHR treatment provider (and noting that the law in that other jurisdiction may not be the same as the law in the State on AHR treatment) in providing AHR treatment to a person.

(3) A statement referred to in subsection (2)(d) is only relevant to an embryo referred to in that subsection where the intending parents (or, in the case of a single intending parent, that intending parent) for whom the embryo was created wish (or wishes) to use the embryo to make a relevant donation (E).