Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The NBA's functions are as follows:
(a) to liaise with, and gather information from, governments, suppliers and others about matters relating to blood products and services;
(b) to carry out national blood arrangements relating to annual plans and budgets for the production and supply of blood products and services;
(c) to carry out national blood arrangements to ensure that there is a sufficient supply of blood products and services in all the States and covered Territories;
(d) to carry out national blood arrangements relating to the funding of:
(i) the supply of blood products and services; and
(ii) the NBA's operations;
(e) to enter and manage contracts and arrangements for the collection, production and distribution of the blood products and services necessary to ensure a sufficient supply of blood products and services in all the States and covered Territories;
(f) to carry out national blood arrangements relating to safety measures, quality measures, contingency measures and risk mitigation measures for the supply of blood products and services;
(g) to provide information and advice to the Minister and the Ministerial Council about matters relating to blood products and services;
(h) to carry out national blood arrangements relating to the facilitation and funding of research, policy development and other action about matters relating to blood products and services;
(i) to provide assistance:
(i) in accordance with national blood arrangements, to a committee referred to in those arrangements; and
(ii) to the Board; and
(iii) to the advisory committees (if any) established under section 38;
(j) such other functions (if any) as are determined by the Ministerial Council and specified in a notice under subsection ( 2) given by the Minister to the NBA.
(2) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, make a notice for the purposes of paragraph ( 1)(j).