(1) If a person applies under section 56(1) for the disclosure of identifying information about a pre‑1998 donor, the Authority may disclose identifying information under Division 3 about the donor without giving notice under section 62(2) if—
(a) despite making all reasonable efforts to locate the donor, the Authority has not located the pre-1998 donor within 4 months of the application being made; or
(b) the donor is deceased.
(2) The Authority must not disclose identifying information under Division 3 about a pre‑1998 donor unless the applicant gives the Secretary—
(a) an undertaking not to contact the donor; and
(b) an undertaking to provide the Authority with any information the applicant subsequently receives from a source other than the Authority from which the pre-1998 donor may be directly or indirectly located.
(3) An applicant who gives an undertaking under subsection (2)(a) must not knowingly contact the pre-1998 donor unless the contact is a continuation of, or a similar kind to, contact that the applicant had with the donor before the applicant made the application.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
S. 63A inserted by No. 6/2016 s. 23.