Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

TRANSPLANTATION AND ANATOMY ACT 1978 - SECT 29

    (1)     This section applies to a deceased person—

        (a)     who has died in a way or in circumstances referred to in the Coroners Act 1997 , section 13 (1) (other than paragraph (f)); or

        (b)     in relation to whom a doctor has not given a certificate about the cause of death; or

        (c)     in relation to whose death a coroner is required by the Attorney-General to hold an inquest.

    (2)     A designated officer for a hospital or a senior available next of kin, as the case may be, shall not authorise the removal of tissue from the body of a deceased person to whom this section applies unless the coroner has given his or her consent to the removal of the tissue.

    (3)     Section 28 (3) does not apply in relation to a deceased person to whom this section applies unless the coroner has given his or her consent to the removal of tissue from the body of the deceased person.

    (4)     The coroner may give a direction that his or her consent to the removal of tissue from the body of the person is not required and, in that event, subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to or in relation to the removal of tissue from the body of the person.

    (5)     A consent or direction by the coroner under this section may be expressed to be subject to the conditions that are specified in the consent or the direction.

    (6)     A consent or direction may be given orally by the coroner, and if so given, shall be confirmed in writing.