Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (2), an authority given in accordance with section 14 by the committee established for that section is sufficient authority for a medical practitioner, other than the medical practitioner who gave a certificate in accordance with that section, to remove, at any time after the end of 24 hours from the time when the latest relevant consent under section 14 (1) was given, the non-regenerative tissue specified in the authority for the purpose of transplantation to the body of the other person referred to in the authority.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a medical practitioner—
(a) who has been informed—
(i) that a consent given under section 14 (1) that is relevant in relation to the authority has been revoked; or
(ii) that the child referred to in the consent is no longer in agreement with the removal and transplantation of the tissue specified in the authority; or
(b) who knows or has reasonable grounds for suspecting that the certificate given in accordance with section 14 that is relevant in relation to the authority contains a false statement.