Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION AND TRANSPLANTATION AUTHORITY ACT 2008 - SECT 8

  (1)   The Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority is established by this section.

Note:   In this Act, Authority means the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority--see section   4.

  (2)   The Authority may also be known by a name specified in the regulations.

  (3)   The Authority consists of:

  (aa)   the CEO; and

  (b)   the staff of the Authority.

Note:   The Authority does not have a legal identity separate from the Commonwealth.

  (4)   For the purposes of the finance law (within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 ):

  (a)   the following combination of bodies is a listed entity:

  (i)   the Authority;

  (ii)   the Advisory Board; and

  (aa)   the listed entity is to be known as the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority; and

  (b)   the CEO is the accountable authority of the Authority; and

  (c)   the following persons are officials of the Authority:

  (i)   the CEO;

  (ii)   the Advisory Board members;

  (iii)   the staff of the Authority;

  (iv)   consultants engaged under section   26;

  (v)   persons whose services are made available to the Authority under section   27;

  (vi)   an expert advisory committee member; and

  (d)   the purposes of the Authority include:

  (i)   the functions of the Authority referred to in section   11; and

  (ii)   the functions of the CEO referred to in section   14B; and

  (iii)   the functions of the Advisory Board referred to in section   29; and

  (iv)   the functions of an expert advisory committee referred to in section   45.