Australian Capital Territory
Explanatory Statement
Transplantation and Anatomy (Designated Officers) Appointment 2006 (No 1)
Disallowable instrument DI2006 — 38
made under the
Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1978, Section 5

Section 5 of the Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1978 allows for the appointment of Designated Officers.  A Designated Officers has authority to authorise, in writing, the removal of tissue from the body of a deceased person for the purpose of transplantation to the body of a living person or for other therapeutic, medical and scientific purposes.

The appointees identified in the disallowable instrument are not public servants as defined in the Legislation Act 2001.  They are currently employed by The Canberra Hospital on a contract basis.  In consequence, Division 19.3.3 of the Legislation Act 2001 requires that these appointments be notified by way of a Disallowable Instrument.

The Standing Committee on Health and Disability has considered the appointments and has made no comment.

The appointments remain valid for the period of each individual’s employment at the hospital at which they are appointed.