Limits on the Number of Families Using a Single Donor's Gametes (Assisted Reproductive Technology)
Assisted Reproductive Technology Amendment Bill 2025
Assembly
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
Donors of gametes or embryos are deemed to have consented to their use for completing a family; they can still modify or withdraw this consent.
ART providers cannot use a donor's gametes or embryos if it would result in more than 5 families in the ACT or 10 families in Australia having children from that donor.
ART providers must provide mandatory information about the donor.
Public officials are protected from liability when performing their functions under the Act; this does not include ART providers.
ART providers can use certain gametes or embryos created or allocated before the end of the transitional period without following some of the standard extended or basic provisions.