Committee Details

about the inquiry

On 24 February 2022 the Legislative Assembly agreed:

That the Legal Affairs and Safety Committee (the committee) inquire into and report to the Legislative Assembly by 31 August 2022 on:

1. Issues relating to access to donor conception information, including:

1. Rights of donor-conceived persons, including to know their genetic origins;
2. Extent to which identifying information about donors should be given to donor-conceived persons, taking into consideration the right to privacy of donors;
3. Access to historical clinical records and implications of retrospectivity;
4. Access to support and counselling for donor-conceived persons and donors;
5. Whether a register should be established; and
6. Benefits, risks and implications on donor conception practices arising from any recommendations.

2. That the committee consider:

1. Views and experiences of donor-conceived people, donors and industry stakeholders of the current framework;
2. Current governance/regulatory frameworks, including registers established interstate;
3. Options to manage collection, storage, and disclosure of identifying and non-identifying information about donors, donor-conceived persons and relatives;
4. Whether and how to collect and disclose identifying information about donors where a donation was made on the condition of anonymity, including matters relating to consent;
5. Whether any model should include information from private donor arrangements;
6. Costs of any proposal including to establish and maintain any register and options for efficiencies, including a user-pays model;
7. Whether regulating donor conception practices and assisted reproductive technology should also be considered as part of establishing a donor conception register; and
8. human rights engaged under the Human Rights Act 2019.

SUBMISSIONS 

Submissions closed on Friday 29 April 2022. Submissions can be accessed under the “View Submissions” tab above.

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