Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024

Provisions supplementary to section 87

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

(2) The specified form of a section 87 consent shall require the intending parents (or, in the case of a single intending parent, that intending parent) and the surrogate mother to—

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

(b) confirm that he or she has received the AHR counselling (SJ) required under section 86 ,

(c) confirm that he or she has received the legal advice required by section 98 ,

(d) consent to the recording of information required under section 99 , and

(e) confirm that he or she understands that a person born as a result of AHR treatment (SJ) provided pursuant to the surrogacy agreement (SJ) may, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3

(i) access the information specified in section 99 (1), or

(ii) seek to contact any or all parties to the surrogacy agreement.

(3) The specified form of a section 87 consent shall, where a relevant donation (SJG) is proposed to be used to create an embryo to be transferred pursuant to a surrogacy agreement (SJ), require the relevant donor (SJG) to—

(a) confirm that he or she understands that, under the law of the State—

(i) he or she shall not be a parent of any child born as a result of such use of such donation,

(ii) the information specified in section 99 (1) in relation to him or her shall be recorded on the National Surrogacy Register,

(iii) the child, when he or she becomes an adult (AHR), may access the information specified in section 109 (2) and seek to contact the donor,

(iv) the information that the donor is entitled to obtain from the National Surrogacy Register is restricted to the information specified in section 107 (2),

(v) having regard to the child’s right to know his or her origins, it is desirable that the donor keep updated, in accordance with section 111 , the information in relation to him or her that is recorded on the National Surrogacy Register, and

(vi) he or she has the right to revoke, or revoke and replace, such consent at any stage before the formation of the embryo,

(b) consent to the recording of information required under section 99 (1), and

(c) confirm that he or she understands that a person born as a result of such use of such donation may, in accordance with Chapter 3

(i) access the information specified in section 99 (1) in respect of the donor, and

(ii) seek to contact the donor.