Australian Capital Territory

Transplantation and Anatomy Amendment Regulation 2011 (No 1)

Explanatory Statement

SL2011-20

Circulated with the authority of
Katy Gallagher MLA
Minister for Health

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Authority

This Regulation is authorised by section 51 of the Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1978.

Outline

The amendment to section 3 of the Transplantation and Anatomy Regulation 2001 is to allow for all intensivists to be able to certify brain death for the purposes of organ transplantation.

The list of qualifications in section 3 has been amended to include the qualification of a Fellow of the College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (FCICM). 

Revenue/Cost Implications

There is no additional cost involved in this Regulation.

Formal Clauses

Clause 1 – Name of Regulation – states the title of the Regulation, which is the Transplantation and Anatomy Amendment Regulation 2011 (No 1).

Clause 2 – Commencement – states when the Regulation commences. The provisions commence on the day after notification.

Clause 3 – Legislation amended – provides that this Regulation amends the Transplantation and Anatomy Regulation 2001.

Clause 4 – New section 3(c) – inserts a new subsection for the qualifications of medical practitioners who can certify brain death as a Fellow of the College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (FCICM).