Children and Family Relationships Act 2015

39.

Interaction of Register and register of births

39. (1) Where the Minister makes an entry under section 33(2), he or she shall notify an tArd-Chláraitheoir that the Minister holds a record in the Register in respect of the child concerned.

(2) Where an tArd-Chláraitheoir receives a notification under subsection (1), he or she shall note in the entry in the register of births in respect of the child that the child is a donor-conceived child and that additional information is available from the Register in relation to the child.

(3) A note referred to in subsection (2) shall be released only to the child concerned, when he or she has attained the age of 18 years.

(4) Where a person who has attained the age of 18 years applies for a copy of his or her birth certificate, and the register of births contains a note referred to in subsection (2), an tArd-Chláraitheoir shall, when issuing a copy of the birth certificate requested, inform the person that further information relating to him or her is available from the Register.