Sealing and labelling container
9 Sealing and labelling container
A sampler must place a sample from a donor in a container—
immediately after the sampler takes the sample from the donor; and
in the presence of a relevant person.
The sampler must ensure the container—
has not previously been used for any purpose; and
is sealed in a way that, if it were opened after being sealed, the fact the container has been opened would be obvious to a person inspecting the container.
The sampler must attach a label to the container in a way that ensures that, if the label, or a part of the label, is removed or writing on the label is altered or erased, the removal of the label, or the alteration or erasure of the writing, would be obvious to a person inspecting the container.
The sampler must write the following information on the label in ink—
the donor’s full name, sex and date of birth;
the date and time the sample from the donor was taken.
After the information mentioned in subsection (4) is written on the label, the sampler and the relevant person must sign the label in ink.
In this section—
relevant person means—
if the donor is a child who is under 16 years or is a child who is 16 or 17 years with impaired capacity—a person who may consent to the carrying out of a parentage testing procedure on the donor under section 11(4)(b) of the Act; or
if the donor is an adult with impaired capacity—a person who may consent to the carrying out of a parentage testing procedure on the donor under section 11(4)(c) of the Act; or
otherwise—the donor.
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