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This instrument is the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Regulations 2020.
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The regulation narrows the Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Act 2008 by specifying that blood and blood products (including progenitor cells), reproductive tissue (sperm, eggs), foetal tissue and stem cell tissue are not “tissue” for the Act’s purposes, and permits the Authority to be called the “Organ and Tissue Authority.” It thus limits the Act’s regulatory scope over those materials, affecting organisations that handle them but creating no new duties, fees or powers.
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This instrument is the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Regulations 2020.
This instrument is made under the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Act 2008.
In this instrument:
Act means the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Act 2008.
For the purposes of the definition of tissue in section 4 of the Act, the following substances are specified: (a) blood and blood products, including progenitor cells such as those in cord blood or bone marrow; (b) reproductive tissue, including sperm and eggs; (c) foetal tissue; (d) stem cell tissue.
The name Organ and Tissue Authority is specified for the purposes of subsection 8(2) of the Act.
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This instrument is the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Regulations 2020.
This instrument is made under the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Act 2008.
In this instrument:
Act means the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Act 2008.
For the purposes of the definition of tissue in section 4 of the Act, the following substances are specified: (a) blood and blood products, including progenitor cells such as those in cord blood or bone marrow; (b) reproductive tissue, including sperm and eggs; (c) foetal tissue; (d) stem cell tissue.
The name Organ and Tissue Authority is specified for the purposes of subsection 8(2) of the Act.