Victorian Numbered Acts

ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TREATMENT AMENDMENT ACT 2021 (NO. 39 OF 2021) - SECT 11

    (1)     In section 18 of the Principal Act, after "section 16" insert "for use of the person's gametes in assisted reproductive treatment".

    (2)     At the end of section 18 of the Principal Act insert —

    "(2)         Before a person gives consent under section 16 for use of the person's gametes in artificial insemination, the person must have received counselling (including counselling in relation to the prescribed matters) from—

        (a)     a counsellor who provides counselling on behalf of a registered ART provider; or

        (b)     a person who meets the prescribed requirements for counselling.".