Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts4. Definitions
(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears -
"child" means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years and is not married;
"coroner" has the same meaning as in the Coroners Act ;
"next of kin" means -
(a) in relation to a child - a person referred to in paragraph (a)(i), (ii) or (iii) of the definition of "senior available next of kin"; and
(b) in relation to any other person - a person referred to in paragraph (b)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of that definition;
"non-regenerative tissue" means tissue other than regenerative tissue;
"person in charge", in relation to a hospital, means a person appointed under section 7(2)(a) of the Medical Services Act to be the person for the time being in charge of the hospital;
"regenerative tissue" means tissue that, after injury or removal, is replaced in the body of a living person by natural processes of growth or repair;
"senior available next of kin" means -
(a) in relation to a child, the first in order of priority of the following persons who is available at the time:
(i) a parent of the child;
(ii) a brother or sister, who has attained the age of 18 years, of the child;
(iii) a guardian of the child; and
(b) in relation to any other person, the first in order of priority of the following persons who is available at the time:
(i) a spouse or de facto partner of the person;
(ii) a son or daughter, who has attained the age of 18 years, of the person;
(iii) a parent of the person;
(iv) a brother or sister, who has attained the age of 18 years, of the person;
"tissue" includes an organ, or part of a human body or a substance extracted from, or from a part of, a human body.
(2) A reference in this Act to the transplantation of tissue shall be read as including a reference to the transplantation of any part of the tissue and to the transplantation of a substance obtained from the tissue.