(i) where a parent of the child is available – a parent of the child;
(ii) where a parent of the child is not available – a brother or sister of the child who has attained the age of 18 years and is available; or
(iii) where no person referred to in subparagraph (i) or (ii) is available – a person who was the guardian of the child immediately before the death of the child and is available; and
(v) [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 19 of 2006, s. 4, Applied:10 Nov 2006] where no person referred to in subparagraph (i) , (ii) , (iii) or (iv) is available and the deceased person is an Aboriginal person within the meaning of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989 of the Commonwealth – a person who is an appropriate person according to the customs and the tradition of the community or group that the deceased person belonged to;
(a) the teaching of therapeutic techniques, medicine or science; and
(b) medical or scientific research; and
(c) any other purpose prescribed in the regulations for this definition;
tissue includes an organ, or part, of a human body or a substance extracted from, or from a part of, the 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.