For the purposes of section 63E(3)(ab) of the Act, the following information is prescribed explanatory material—
(a) information about how to comply with an amended contact preference;
(b) information about mental health support and intervention services that can provide crisis support and any other support services that might be relevant to the applicant;
(c) information about counselling services available to the applicant;
(d) information about the issues which may arise for the applicant if the applicant is contacted by another person following the disclosure of that person's identifying information from the Central Register;
Example
Information about risks to the applicant's safety or privacy.
(e) information about the Donor Conception Registrar's reasons for providing the explanatory material to the applicant;
(f) information about the benefits to the applicant of considering the explanatory material;
(g) information about how to approach discussions about genetic and medical issues and possible outcomes of those discussions;
(h) if the applicant is a parent or guardian of a child born as a result of a donor treatment procedure, information about—
(i) advising the child of the child's donor origins; and
(ii) obtaining information from the Central Register; and
(iii) the significance to the child of a biological connection with the donor and the benefits of early disclosure and early connection with any donor siblings; and
(iv) how to support the child with the child's sense of identity; and
(v) any safety or privacy issues that may arise for the child if contact is made with a donor; and
(vi) any issues that may arise for the child if contact is made with donor siblings who are raised in different families.
Reg. 20D inserted by S.R. No. 141/2024 reg. 16.