Contacting donor conceived person for consent to disclosure
69 Contacting donor conceived person for consent to disclosure
The director-general may contact a mature donor conceived person to ask whether the person wishes to consent to the disclosure of information under this division.
The director-general may contact a person under subsection (1)—
at the request of the person’s donor; or
at the request of the person’s donor sibling; or
on the director-general’s own initiative.
The director-general may contact a person under subsection (1) only if, in their opinion, the contact is justified to promote the safety or welfare of at least 1 of the people concerned.
The director-general may—
consult any entity the director-general believes may assist in the exercise of their functions under this section; and
arrange for any of the people concerned to be provided with counselling the director-general believes is necessary to assist the person and the director-general in the matter.
A regulation may prescribe guidelines in accordance with which the director-general must exercise the director-general’s functions under this section.
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