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TRANSPLANTATION AND ANATOMY AMENDMENT REGULATION 2009 (NO 1) (NO 12 OF 2009)

Australian Capital Territory

TRANSPLANTATION AND ANATOMY AMENDMENT REGULATION 2009 (No 1)

SL2009-12

Explanatory Statement














Circulated with the authority of
Katy Gallagher MLA
Minister for Health

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

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

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 Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FJFICM).

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 2009 (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 Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FJFICM).