Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

BLOOD DONATION (TRANSMITTABLE DISEASES) ACT 1985 - SECT 5

For sections 3 and 4, the prescribed requirements, in relation to the taking of blood from a donor, are—

        (a)     that, before taking blood from the donor, the society gets from the donor a written declaration; and

Note 1     It is an offence to make a false or misleading statement or give false or misleading information (see Criminal Code, pt 3.4).

Note 2     If a form is approved under s 10 for a declaration, the form must be used.

        (b)     that, before supplying the blood to be administered to a person, or to be used in the preparation of blood products to be administered to a person, a sample of the blood is tested, using approved equipment and in accordance with an approved method, to ascertain whether the blood contains any pathogen capable of causing the relevant transmittable disease and the society ascertains that the result of the test is negative.