Contents

Part 1--Preliminary                                                                                                              1

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ........................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement ................................................................................... 1

3............ Definitions .......................................................................................... 2

4............ Main purpose of this Act .................................................................... 3

5............ This Act binds the Crown ................................................................... 3

6............ Application to the external Territories ................................................. 4

Part 2--The National Blood Authority                                                                     5

7............ Establishment ...................................................................................... 5

8............ Functions ............................................................................................ 5

9............ Policy principles about the NBA's functions ...................................... 6

10.......... General Manager's power to obtain information and documents ........ 6

11.......... Protecting confidentiality of information ............................................. 8

Part 3--The NBA Board                                                                                                    9

12.......... Establishment ...................................................................................... 9

13.......... Functions ............................................................................................ 9

14.......... Membership ........................................................................................ 9

15.......... Appointing members ........................................................................... 9

16.......... Term of appointment ......................................................................... 10

17.......... Acting appointments ......................................................................... 10

18.......... Members' remuneration .................................................................... 11

19.......... Leave of absence ............................................................................... 12

20.......... Resignation ....................................................................................... 12

21.......... Termination of appointment .............................................................. 12

22.......... Board procedures .............................................................................. 12

Part 4--The NBA General Manager, staff and advisory committees 14

Division 1--The General Manager                                                                      14

Subdivision A--Establishment and role                                                              14

23.......... General Manager ............................................................................... 14

24.......... Function ............................................................................................ 14

25.......... Working with the Board .................................................................... 14

26.......... Delegation ......................................................................................... 14

Subdivision B--Appointing the General Manager                                           15

27.......... Appointing the General Manager ...................................................... 15

28.......... Term of appointment ......................................................................... 15

29.......... Acting appointments ......................................................................... 15

30.......... General Manager's remuneration ...................................................... 15

31.......... Outside employment ......................................................................... 16

32.......... Leave of absence ............................................................................... 16

33.......... Disclosure of interests ....................................................................... 16

34.......... Resignation ....................................................................................... 16

35.......... Termination of appointment .............................................................. 16

Division 2--Staff and consultants                                                                         18

36.......... Staff .................................................................................................. 18

37.......... Consultants ....................................................................................... 18

Division 3--Advisory committees                                                                         19

38.......... Advisory committees ........................................................................ 19

39.......... Committee members' remuneration ................................................... 19

Part 5--The National Blood Account                                                                       21

40.......... National Blood Account .................................................................... 21

41.......... Credits to the Account ....................................................................... 21

42.......... Purposes of the Account ................................................................... 21

Part 6--Miscellaneous                                                                                                        23

43.......... Corporate plans ................................................................................. 23

44.......... Annual reports .................................................................................. 23

45.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 23

Notes                                                                                                                                              25

  

Notes to the National Blood Authority Act 2003

Note 1

The National Blood Authority Act 2003 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 29, 2003 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

For all relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
National Blood Authority Act 2003	29, 2003	15 Apr 2003	Ss. 3-45: 1 July 2003 Remainder: Royal Assent
Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Act 2005	8, 2005	22 Feb 2005	S. 4 and Schedule 1 (items 173, 496): Royal Assent	S. 4 and Sch. 1 (item 496)
Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2006	30, 2006	6 Apr 2006	Schedule 1 (items 31, 32): 7 Apr 2006	--
Private Health Insurance (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2007	32, 2007	30 Mar 2007	Schedule 2 (item 80): 1 Apr 2007 (see s. 2(1))	--
Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Board and Other Measures) (Consequential Amendments) Act 2008	26, 2008	23 June 2008	Schedule 1 (items 86-89): Royal Assent	--
Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011	46, 2011	27 June 2011	Schedule 2 (items 774-780) and Schedule 3 (items 10, 11): 27 Dec 2011	Sch. 3 (items 10, 11)
Superannuation Legislation (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2011	58, 2011	28 June 2011	Schedule 1 (items 115-118): (a)	--

(a)     Subsection 2(1) (item 2) of the Superannuation Legislation (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2011 provides as follows:

                 (1)   Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
2.  Schedules 1 and 2	Immediately after the commencement of section 2 of the Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Act 2011.	1 July 2011

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Part 1
S. 3......................................	am. No. 58, 2011
Part 2
S. 10....................................	am. No. 32, 2007
Note 2 to s. 10(1)...............	am. No. 46, 2011
Note to s. 10(3)..................	am. No. 46, 2011
Part 3
S. 17....................................	am. No. 46, 2011
Notes to s. 17(1), (2).........	ad. No. 46, 2011
Part 4
Division 1
Subdivision B
S. 29....................................	am. No. 46, 2011
Note to s. 29.......................	ad. No. 46, 2011
S. 35....................................	am. No. 26, 2008; No. 58, 2011
Part 5
S. 41....................................	am. No. 8, 2005; No. 30, 2006
Note to s. 41.......................	ad. No. 30, 2006

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Act 2005 (No. 8, 2005)

4  Saving of matters in Part 2 of Schedule 1

             (1)  If:

                     (a)  a decision or action is taken or another thing is made, given or done; and

                     (b)  the thing is taken, made, given or done under a provision of a Part 2 Act that had effect immediately before the commencement of this Act;

then the thing has the corresponding effect, for the purposes of the Part 2 Act as amended by this Act, as if it had been taken, made, given or done under the Part 2 Act as so amended.

             (2)  In this section:

Part 2 Act means an Act that is amended by an item in Part 2 of Schedule 1.

Schedule 1

496  Saving provision--Finance Minister's determinations

If a determination under subsection 20(1) of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 is in force immediately before the commencement of this item, the determination continues in force as if it were made under subsection 20(1) of that Act as amended by this Act.

Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011 (No. 46, 2011)

Schedule 3

10  Saving--appointments

The amendments made by Schedule 2 do not affect the validity of an appointment that was made under an Act before the commencement of this item and that was in force immediately before that commencement.

11  Transitional regulations

The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) relating to the amendments and repeals made by Schedules 1 and 2.