Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Regulations 2009 (Cth)

Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Regulations 2009¹

Select Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 269

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Act 2008.

Dated 8 October 2009

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

NICOLA ROXON

Minister for Health and Ageing

Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Regulations 2009.

Commencement

These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

Definitions

In these Regulations:

Act means the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Act 2008.

Tissue — exclusions

For the definition of tissue in section 4 of the Act, the following substances are specified:

(a)blood and blood products, including progenitor cells such as those in cord blood or bone marrow;

(b)reproductive tissue, including sperm and eggs, and foetal tissue;

(c)stem cell tissue.

Alternative name for the Authority

For subsection 8 (2) of the Act, the Authority may also be known as the Organ and Tissue Authority.

Patient confidentiality — authorised persons

For paragraph 58 (2) (c) of the Act, if a donor is less than 18 years old, the parent or legal guardian of the donor is authorised to give consent to the publication or dissemination of information.

Examples of publication or dissemination of information

Consent will be requested to publish or disseminate information relating to individuals (including images in the form of photographs or film) to be used in formats such as the Authority’s website, annual reports, brochures, posters and newsletters.

Note

All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See