Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

TRANSPLANTATION AND ANATOMY ACT 1978 - SECT 31

    (1)     An authority under this part is sufficient authority for a medical practitioner other than—

        (a)     a medical practitioner referred to in section 30 (1); and

        (b)     if section 27 applies—the designated officer for the hospital who gave the authority;

to remove tissue from the body of the deceased person referred to in the authority for the purpose referred to in the authority.

    (2)     Without limiting subsection (1), an authority under this part that authorises the removal of tissue for the purpose of corneal transplantation (whether or not it authorises the removal of tissue for any other purpose) is sufficient authority for a person other than a medical practitioner to remove tissue from the body of the deceased person referred to in the authority for the purpose of corneal transplantation if the person—

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

        (b)     is not the person by whom the firstmentioned authority was given.

    (3)     A contravention by a designated officer of section 30 (1) in relation to the giving of an authority does not affect the validity of the authority.