Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered ActsAfter section 73 of the Principal Act insert —
(1) This section applies if a person is required to receive counselling under section 73 before disclosure of information on the Voluntary Register.
(2) On referring the person for counselling, the Registrar must inform the counsellor about the kind of information sought by the person from the Voluntary Register.
(3) On completion of counselling, the counsellor must give to the Registrar a statement—
(a) confirming that the person has received counselling and whether the person wishes to proceed with the application; and
(b) if any person is required under section 73 to give consent before information on the Voluntary Register may be disclosed, a statement of the applicant's reasons for the application to be given to the person whose consent is required.
The Authority may provide donor-linking services under this Division to the following persons—
(a) persons born as a result of a donor treatment procedure;
(b) donors;
(c) descendants of persons born as a result of donor treatment procedures;
(d) women who have undergone donor treatment procedures and their partners, if any;
(e) relatives of persons referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d).
(1) On request of a person referred to in section 73B, the Authority may do one or both of the following—
(a) facilitate exchange of information or correspondence with another person referred to in section 73B;
(b) assist the person to arrange contact with another person referred to in section 73B.
(2) The Authority must not, under subsection (1), disclose identifying information or contact information about any person, without that person's consent to the disclosure.".