Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

TRANSPLANTATION AND ANATOMY AMENDMENT ACT 2012 (NO. 5 OF 2012) - SECT 6

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    (2)     Subsection (2A) applies to an authority under this part to remove relevant tissue from the body of a deceased person for the purpose of transplantation (whether or not the authority is to remove tissue for any other purpose).

    (2A)     Without limiting subsection (1), the authority is sufficient to authorise a person other than a doctor to remove relevant tissue from the deceased person for the purpose of transplantation if the person—

        (a)     is authorised in writing by the chief health officer to remove relevant tissue for the purpose of transplantation; and

        (b)     is not the person who gave the authority mentioned in subsection (2).