4Definitions

4 Definitions

In this Act:

Advisory Board member means a member of the Advisory Board (and includes the Chair and Deputy Chair).

Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes Norfolk Island, the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands and the Territory of Christmas Island.

authorised family member has the meaning given by section 5.

Authority means the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority.

Board means the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Advisory Board.

CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority.

Chair means the Chair of the Advisory Board.

child has a meaning affected by section 5B.

constitutional corporation means a corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies.

de facto partner has the meaning given by the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

Deputy Chair means the Deputy Chair of the Advisory Board.

DonateLife Agency has the meaning given by section 5F.

expert advisory committee means a committee established under section 44.

expert advisory committee member means a member of an expert advisory committee, and includes the Chair of an expert advisory committee.

improving includes maintaining.

organ means an organ of a human body (within the ordinary meaning of that expression).

organ or tissue donation and transplantation means:

(a) the removal of an organ and/or tissue from the body of an individual (whether living or deceased) for the purpose of its transplantation to the body of a living individual (other than the individual from which it was removed); or
(b) the transplantation to the body of a living individual of an organ and/or tissue removed from the body of another individual (whether living or deceased);

or both.

organ or tissue donation and transplantation matter means a matter relating to organ or tissue donation and transplantation, and includes the following matters: