8Establishment of the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority

8 Establishment of the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority

(1) The Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority is established by this section.

Note: In this Act, Authority means the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority—see section 4.

(2) The Authority may also be known by a name specified in the regulations. (3) The Authority consists of: (aa) the CEO; and (b) the staff of the Authority.

Note: The Authority does not have a legal identity separate from the Commonwealth.

(4) For the purposes of the finance law (within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013): (a) the following combination of bodies is a listed entity: (i) the Authority; (ii) the Advisory Board; and (aa) the listed entity is to be known as the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority; and (b) the CEO is the accountable authority of the Authority; and (c) the following persons are officials of the Authority: (i) the CEO; (ii) the Advisory Board members; (iii) the staff of the Authority; (iv) consultants engaged under section 26; (v) persons whose services are made available to the Authority under section 27; (vi) an expert advisory committee member; and (d) the purposes of the Authority include: (i) the functions of the Authority referred to in section 11; and (ii) the functions of the CEO referred to in section 14B; and (iii) the functions of the Advisory Board referred to in section 29; and (iv) the functions of an expert advisory committee referred to in section 45.