New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HUMAN TISSUE ACT 1983 - SECT 18A

18A Application of Part

(1) This Part applies to the removal of blood from the body of a person for the purposes of:

(a) its transfusion into another person, or

(b) its use, or the use of any of its constituents, for other therapeutic purposes or for medical or scientific purposes, other than for the purpose of the treatment of the person from whom the blood is removed.

(2) This Part does not apply to the removal of blood from a person for the purpose of using the blood in the treatment of that person.

(3) Part 2 does not apply to or in respect of the removal of blood from the body of a person in accordance with this Part.