Human Tissue Regulations 2015
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Commencement
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Classes of persons who may remove tissue
Prescribed institutions
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STATUTORY RULES 2015
S.R. No. 171/2015
Human Tissue Act 1982
Human Tissue Regulations 2015
The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 22 December 2015
Responsible Minister:
JILL HENNESSY
Minister for Health
ANDREW ROBINSON
Clerk of the Executive Council
1 Objective
The objective of these Regulations is to prescribe
matters that are authorised or required to be
prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the
Human Tissue Act 1982.
2 Authorising provision
These Regulations are made under section 46 of
the Human Tissue Act 1982.
3 Commencement
These Regulations come into operation on
29 January 2016.
4 Revocation
The Human Tissue Regulations 20061 are
revoked.
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5 Definition
In these Regulations—
the Act means the Human Tissue Act 1982.
6 Classes of persons who may remove tissue
For the purposes of section 25(b) of the Act, the
prescribed classes of persons are—
(a) in relation to the removal of ocular tissue,
persons who are employed by, or perform
work for, the University of Melbourne or the
Centre for Eye Research Australia Limited
(ACN 076 481 984) on behalf of the Lions
Eye Donation Service Melbourne, an
unincorporated joint venture, as eye donor
coordinators and whose duties include the
removal of ocular tissue from the bodies of
deceased persons; and
(b) in relation to the removal of tissue of any
kind, persons who are employed by, or
perform work for, the Victorian Institute of
Forensic Medicine or a hospital as—
(i) forensic technicians (including forensic
technical officers); or
(ii) mortuary technicians; or
(iii) scientists—
and whose duties include the removal of
tissue of any kind from the bodies of
deceased persons.
7 Prescribed institutions
For the purposes of Part VII of the Act, the
following are prescribed institutions—
(a) La Trobe University;
(b) Monash University;
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(c) Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology;
(d) The University of Melbourne.
8 Prescribed tissue banks
For the purposes of section 39A(1) of the Act, the
following are prescribed tissue banks—
(a) Austin Health Tissue Bank;
(b) Barwon Health Bone Bank;
(c) Donor Tissue Bank of Victoria;
(d) KconFab (Kathleen Cunningham
Consortium for Research into Familial
Breast Cancer) Tissue Bank;
(e) Lions Eye Donation Service Melbourne;
(f) Melbourne Health Tissue Bank;
(g) Monash Health Tissue Bank;
(h) Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Tissue
Bank;
(i) Victorian Brain Bank.
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Endnotes
Endnotes
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Reg. 4: S.R. No. 7/2006 as amended by S.R. No. 50/2006.
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