Corneal and Tissue Grafting Act Amendment Act 1966 (WA)

No. 36.] Corneal and Tissue Grafting. [1966.

CORNEAL AND TISSUE

GRAFTING.

No. 36 of 1966.

AN ACT to amend the Corneal and Tissue Grafting

Act, 1956.

[Assented to 31st October, 1966.]

RE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent

-1-fr Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Short title

and citation. 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Corneal and Tissue Grafting Act Amendment Act, 1966.

In this Act the Corneal and Tissue Grafting Act, 1956, is referred to as the principal Act.

(2)

(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Tissue Grafting and Processing Act, 1956-1966.

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Commence-

2. This Act shall come into operation on a date ment.

to be fixed by proclamation.

Long title

3.

The long title to the principal Act is amended by adding after the word, "Purposes" being the last word therein, the passage, "; and to provide for the Processing of certain Therapeutic Substances and for purposes connected therewith". amended.

4. The principal Act is amended by adding after aaA et,

section one, a section as follows-

Interpre-

1A. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary tation.

intention appears

"therapeutic substance" means substance that is extracted from the eye or other part of the body of a deceased person, and that with or without further processing, is capable of being used for therapeutic purposes by administering it to a living person.

(2) A reference in this Act to therapeutic purposes includes a reference to processing so as to extract a therapeutic substance. .

S. 3

5. Section three of the principal Act is repealed repealed and

and re-enacted as follows- re-enacted.

3. (1) Where authority for the removal of of eyes andGrafting

any eyes or other part of the body of a deceased

other parts

of the body.

person has been given under this Act, those

eyes or other part

(a)	may be used for immediate grafting into the body of a living person or may be retained and used for that purpose at some later time; or
(b)	may be retained and used for the purpose of producing therapeutic substances which may at any time be used by administering them to living persons.

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(2) No person other than a legally qualified medical practitioner shall undertake the carrying out of such grafting as is referred to in subsection (1) of this section.

No person, other than a legally qualified medical practitioner or a person acting under the direction of a legally qualified medical practitioner, shall administer a therapeutic substance to a living person. .

(3)

S.4

repealed and 6. Section four of the principal Act is repealed

re-enacted. and re-enacted as follows

Retention for

further use	4. Any eyes or other part of the body of a
to be by

approved

deceased person removed in accordance with

persons.

this Act and which are to be retained and used

for the purpose of

(a)	grafting into the body of a living person at some later time, shall be retained only by such persons, institutions or organisations as may be approved in writing by the Minister for the purposes of this paragraph; or
(b)	producing therapeutic substances, shall be retained and so used only by such persons, institutions or organisa- tions as may be approved by the Minister for the purposes of this paragraph. .

S. 5

amended 7. Section five of the principal Act is amended

(a) by adding after paragraph (b) of subsec- tion (1), a passage as follows-

"(ba) not being a legally qualified medical practitioner or a person acting under the direction of a legally qualified medical practitioner, administers a therapeutic substance to a living person; or";

1966.] Corneal and Tissue Grafting. [No. 36. by adding after the word, "person" in line four of paragraph (c) of subsection (1), the passage, ", or any therapeutic substance produced,";

(b)

(c) by repealing subsection (2) and re-enacting

it as follows

(2) Any person, institution or organ- isation, not being a person, institution or organisation approved by the Minister

(a)	pursuant to paragraph (a) of section four of this Act, that retains any eyes or other part of the body of a deceased person for grafting into the body of a living person; or
(b)	pursuant to paragraph (b) of section four of this Act, that retains or uses any eyes or other part of the body of a deceased person for the purposes of pro- ducing therapeutic substances,

is guilty of an offence against this Act. ;

and

(d) by substituting for the words, "one hundred pounds" in the last line of subsection (3), the words, "two hundred dollars".