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South Australia
Assisted Reproductive Treatment (Review Recommendations)
Amendment Bill 2020
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the
Assisted
Reproductive Treatment Act 1988
.
Contents
Part 2—Amendment of Assisted
Reproductive Treatment Act 1988
4Amendment of section
3—Interpretation
5Amendment of section 4A—Health and welfare
of child paramount
6Amendment of section 15—Donor conception
register
9Amendment of section
20—Regulations
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Assisted Reproductive Treatment (Review
Recommendations) Amendment Act 2020.
This Act comes into operation—
(a) immediately after Schedule 1 clause 4 of the
Surrogacy
Act 2019
comes into operation; or
(b) on the day on which it is assented to by the Governor,
whichever occurs second.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a
specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment
of Assisted Reproductive Treatment
Act 1988
4—Amendment
of section 3—Interpretation
Section 3—after the definition of registered objector
insert:
Registrar means the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages
within the meaning of the
Births,
Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996
.
5—Amendment
of section 4A—Health and welfare of child paramount
Section 4A—before "welfare" insert:
health and
6—Amendment
of section 15—Donor conception register
(1) Section 15(1)—delete "Minister" and substitute:
Registrar
(2) Section 15(2)—delete "Minister" and substitute:
Registrar
(3) Section 15(3)—delete "Minister" and substitute:
Registrar
(4) Section 15(5)—delete "Minister" and substitute:
Registrar
(5) Section 15(6)—delete "Minister" wherever occurring and
substitute in each case:
Registrar
Before section 16 insert:
15A—Birth certificates
If assisted reproductive treatment provided in accordance with this Act
results in the birth of a child, a birth certificate issued by the Registrar for
the child may, at the option of the person to whom the certificate is issued,
include a statement indicating that the child’s father was a donor under
this Act.
After section 16 insert:
16A—Preservation of records
(1) A person in possession of a record or document relating to the
provision of assisted reproductive treatment (other than a record or document to
which section 16 applies) must ensure that the record or document is retained in
accordance with any requirement set out in the regulations.
Maximum penalty: $50 000.
(2) This section applies in relation to a record or document whether
created before or after the commencement of this section.
9—Amendment
of section 20—Regulations
Section 20(2)(d)—delete "Minister" and substitute:
Registrar