Children and Family Relationships Act 2015

15.

Information to be provided for purposes of section 14

15. The operator of a DAHR facility shall, before a person makes a declaration under section 14(5)(b), inform him or her—

(a) that, in the event that he or she consents under section 14 to the use of the embryo in a DAHR procedure—

(i) he or she is entitled to seek the information referred to in section 34(2), and

(ii) where such a DAHR procedure is performed, he or she consents to the provision to the Minister of the information referred to in section 28(3)(a) in respect of him or her,

(b) that, in the event that a child is born as a result of the DAHR procedure referred to in paragraph (a)

(i) he or she shall not be the parent of that child,

(ii) the information specified in section 33(3)(d) in relation to him or her shall be recorded on the Register,

(iii) the child may, in accordance with section 35, access the information specified in section 33(3)(d) in respect of him or her and seek to contact him or her,

(iv) the person’s entitlement to obtain information recorded on the Register is subject to section 36 and is otherwise restricted to the information referred to in section 34(2), and

(v) having regard to the child’s right to his or her identity, it is desirable that he or she keep updated, in accordance with section 38(1), the information in relation to him or her that is recorded on the Register,

and

(c) of his or her right under section 18, in the event that he or she consents under section 14 to the use of the embryo in a DAHR procedure, to revoke that consent.