Victorian Numbered Acts

ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TREATMENT AMENDMENT ACT 2021 (NO. 39 OF 2021) - SECT 8

    (1)     In section 13 of the Principal Act, for "a treatment procedure" substitute "assisted reproductive treatment".

    (2)     At the end of section 13 of the Principal Act insert —

    "(2)         Before a woman consents to undergo artificial insemination, the woman and her partner, if any, 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.".