Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

HUMAN TISSUE TRANSPLANT ACT - SECT 10

A medical practitioner may certify in writing -

(a) that the consent in writing of a person, the terms of which consent are set out in the certificate, was given in his presence;

(b) that he explained to the person before the consent was given the nature and effect of the removal from the body of that person of the tissue specified in the consent; and

(c) that he is satisfied -

(i) that, at the time the consent was given, the person had attained the age of 18 years;

(ii) that, at that time, the person was of sound mind; and

(iii) that the consent was freely given.