Victoria, Interim Government Response to the Parliament of Victoria Law Reform Committee Inquiry into Access by Donor-Conceived People about their Donor (12 October 2012) http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/lawreform/article/1468.
2.
Currently all donor-conceived people conceived with gametes donated after 1998 have access to identifying and non-identifying information. Those conceived between 1988 and 1998 have access to non-identifying information but only to identifying information with the donors consent (pursuant to the Infertility (Medical Procedures) Act 1984). Those born prior to 1988 do not have access to information unless the donor and the donor-conceived person place their information on the voluntary register, currently held at the Victorian Births Deaths Marriages register.
3.
Formerly the Infertility Treatment Authority (‘ITA’).
4.
Seventy-five submissions contained differing material as the Fertility Society of Australia and VARTA made the same submissions twice: Melbourne IVF, Sub 32/59 to Victorian Parliamentary Law Reform Committee, Inquiry into Access by Donor Conceived People about their Donor, 9 August 2010 and 12 August 2011; VARTA, Sub 19/76 to Victorian Parliamentary Law Reform Committee, Inquiry into Access by Donor Conceived People about their Donor, 9 August 2010 and 12 August 2011 (16 August 2012) http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/lawreform/article/1469.
5.
Ibid submissions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 37(sup), 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 49 (sup), 50, 51, 52, 53 (sup), 55, 56, 57, 60, 61, 62 (sup), 63 (sup), 64, 67 (sup), 68, 72, 74*, 75 to Victorian Parliamentary Law Reform Committee, Inquiry into Access by Donor Conceived People about their Donor (16 August 2012) http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/lawreform/article/1469.
6.
Noting some of these people/bodies made supplementary submissions to Part II of the inquiry and therefore are not counted twice when counting the type of person/body that made the submission.
7.
Above n 5, submission 70 to Victorian Parliamentary Law Reform Committee, Inquiry into Access by Donor Conceived People about their Donor.
For example, records of donations that took place at the Royal Prince Henry's hospital are now located at the Victorian public records office. Records of donations that took place at other clinics or other locations may be archived in those locations or held elsewhere.
15.
Federal Act on Medically Assisted Procreation 1998 (Switzerland), Art 41 provides that if sperm cells were donated before, but used after, the commencement of the Act, the information release provisions still apply. In addition, in all other cases, if a donor conceived person makes a direct inquiry to the clinic physicians who used assisted reproductive techniques using donated reproductive cells must provide information, with the provisions of the Act applying mutatis mutandis regardless of when such cells were donated.
16.
Federal Act on Medically Assisted Procreation 1998 (Switzerland), Art 27.
17.
Federal Act on Medically Assisted Procreation 1998 (Switzerland), Art 27.
