Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts2. Interpretation
(1) In this Act -
"blood transfusion" means the transfusion of human blood or a constituent of human blood;
"infant" means -
(a) a person who is under 18 years of age; or
(b) a person whose age is unknown and who appears to be under 18 years of age;
"next of kin", in relation to a patient, means the spouse of the patient, a de facto partner of the patient, or a person related by blood to the patient;
"operation" means a surgical operation, and includes the administration of an anaesthetic or a blood transfusion.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, the process of removing all or part of the blood of a person and replacing it with blood taken from another person shall be deemed to be a blood transfusion.