Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024

Provisions supplementary to section 19 - PAHR

23. (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 PAHR, require the person (D) to—

(a) confirm that he or she has received the AHR information document concerned,

(b) confirm that he or she has received the AHR counselling required under section 18 ,

(c) consent to his sperm, or an embryo created using his or her gamete, being used, after his or her death, in PAHR involving his or her surviving partner as identified in the consent,

(d) if applicable, consent to the creation, subsequent to his death, of an embryo, for use in the provision of PAHR, using the retrieval and use of his sperm after his death,

(e) specify that he or she understands that he or she shall be a parent of any child born as a result of PAHR, and

(f) specify that he or she has expressed his or her own will and preference in relation to what should be done with any supernumerary gametes or supernumerary embryos that are not used in the provision of PAHR.

(3) The specified form of a section 19 consent shall, in the case of PAHR, require the surviving partner to—

(a) confirm that she has received the AHR information document concerned,

(b) confirm that she has received the AHR counselling required under section 18 ,

(c) specify that she has consented to PAHR,

(d) specify that she understands that she and the deceased person shall be the parents of any child born as a result of PAHR, and

(e) specify that she has expressed her own will and preference in relation to what should be done with any supernumerary gametes or supernumerary embryos that are not used in the provision of PAHR.