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Mandatory requirements (cont)
(3) This paragraph applies to information from which the donor may be identified which he provides after
31st March 2005 to a person to whom a licence applies, being information as to–
(a)
any matter specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (h) of paragraph (2);
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
the surname and each forename of the donor and, if different, the surname and each
forename of the donor used for the registration of his birth;
the date of birth of the donor and the town or district in which he was born;
the appearance of the donor;
the last known postal address of the donor.
(4) The information which the Authority is required to give to the applicant does not include any information
which at the time of his request the applicant indicates that he does not wish to receive.
Licence conditions
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Where donor gametes and/or embryos created with donor gametes are to be used in treatment the
following conditions apply:
a. where the gametes were provided by a person who gave consent as required by paragraph 5
of Schedule 3 to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (as amended) (a ‘gamete
donor’) and who last provided information as to their identity before 1 April 2005 (donors who
did not consent to their identity being known) and/or where embryos, were created using
those gametes those gametes and/or embryos may not be used, except:
i. in the case of gametes supplied by the donor before 1 April 2005, where the woman to
be treated or, where she is receiving treatment together with another person, that person,
is the parent of a child conceived as a result of treatment services provided before 1 April
2006 using gametes provided by the donor of those gametes
ii.
iii.
in the case of embryos created using donor gametes before 1 April 2005, where the
woman to be treated or, where she is receiving treatment together with another person,
that person, is the parent of a child conceived as a result of treatment services provided
before 1 April 2006 using embryos donated by those who provided the gametes from
which those embryos were created, or
in the case of embryos, where the embryos were created before 1 April 2006 using
gametes supplied by a donor before 1 April 2005 together with the gametes of the
woman to be treated or, where she is receiving treatment together with another
person, with the gametes of a donor together with the gametes of that person, and not
transferred to the woman to be treated before that date.
b. in the case of treatments falling within the exemptions at (i) to (iii) above, the gametes or, as
the case may be, embryos, may be kept in storage and used in accordance with the consent
of the gamete providers until the expiry of the maximum permitted storage period.
HFEA guidance
Information for people seeking treatment with donated gametes and embryos
20.1 The centre should give people seeking treatment with donated gametes or embryos:
(a) relevant non-identifying information about donors whose gametes are available to them,
including the goodwill message and the pen-portrait (if available), and
(b) relevant information about genetic inheritance and, in particular, the likelihood of inheriting
physical characteristics from the donor.
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
Guidance note | 20. Donor-assisted conception
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