Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) At the request of
a human tissue donation agency, the State Coroner may provide to that agency
the following information in respect of any deceased person whose death there
is jurisdiction to investigate under this Act —
(a) the
deceased person’s name;
(b) the
deceased person’s age;
(c) a
brief description of the circumstances of death;
(d) the
name of the deceased person’s senior next of kin, or if that is not
known, the name of any of the person’s next of kin under
section 37(5); and
(e) an
address, telephone number or other contact details for the person whose name
is provided under paragraph (d).
(2) If information is
provided under subsection (1) in a document, then the human tissue
donation agency to which it was provided is to ensure that the document is
destroyed within 2 days of it being so provided.
(3) In this
section —
human tissue donation agency means an office or
organisational unit which —
(a)
coordinates or encourages the donation of human tissue for transplantation in
accordance with the Human Tissue and Transplant Act 1982 ; and
(b) is
within the department of the Public Service principally assisting the Minister
administering that Act.
[Section 53A inserted by No. 22 of 2004
s. 3.]