Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION AND TRANSPLANTATION AUTHORITY ACT 2008 - SECT 5

    In this Act, authorised family member of an organ or tissue donor or recipient who has died means any of the following persons:

  (a)   the partner of the organ or tissue donor or recipient;

  (b)   a parent or legal guardian of the organ or tissue donor or recipient;

  (c)   a child of the organ or tissue donor or recipient;

  (d)   a sibling of the organ or tissue donor or recipient;

  (e)   a grandparent of the organ or tissue donor or recipient;

  (f)   a grandchild of the organ or tissue donor or recipient;

  (g)   if the organ or tissue donor or recipient has traditional Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander kinship ties--a person who is related to the organ or tissue donor or recipient under Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander kinship rules;

  (h)   if the organ or tissue donor or recipient is a member of a community that accepts relationships other than those referred to in paragraphs   (a) to (g) as kinship ties--a person who is accepted by the community to be related to the organ or tissue donor or recipient;

  (i)   a person who, under the regulations, is taken to be an authorised family member of the organ or tissue donor or recipient.