(1) Subject to subsection (2), a contact preference lodged under section 63C continues in force for 5 years after—
(a) the contact preference is lodged with the Authority; or
(b) the contact preference is extended under subsection (3).
(2) A contact preference lodged under section 63C(1)(b) expires on the day on which the child who is the subject of the contact preference turns 18 years of age.
(3) A pre-1998 donor who lodges a contact preference under section 63C may extend that contact preference by written notice to the Authority.
(4) Before a contact preference expires under subsection (1), the Authority must make all reasonable efforts to give the pre-1998 donor who lodged the contact preference written notice—
(a) as to when the contact preference will expire under subsection (1); and
(b) that the donor may extend the contact preference under subsection (3).
(5) The Authority must, as soon as practicable after a contact preference expires under subsection (1) or (2) or is extended under subsection (3), notify the applicant to whom the contact preference relates.
S. 63E inserted by No. 6/2016 s. 23.