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Queensland
TRANSPLANTATION AND
ANATOMY AMENDMENT
BILL 1998
Queensland
TRANSPLANTATION AND ANATOMY
AMENDMENT BILL 1998
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Insertion of new s 25A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
25A Effect of consent in drivers' licences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1998
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1979
s1 4 s3
Transplantation and Anatomy Amendment
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
title 2
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Transplantation and Anatomy 3
Amendment Act 1998. 4
amended 5
Act
Clause 2. This Act amends the Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1979. 6
of new s 25A 7
Insertion
Clause 3. Part 3-- 8
insert-- 9
of consent in drivers' licences 10
`Effect
`25A.(1) This section applies if a deceased adult's Queensland driver's 11
licence in force at the time of the person's death indicates the person has 12
consented to be a donor. 13
`(2) For sections 22(6) and 23(3), the licence is taken to be signed 14
writing by the person consenting to the removal after death of tissue from 15
the person's body for any of the purposes mentioned in sections 22(1) 16
and 23(1). 17
`(3) Subsection (2) is effective for section 22(6) or 23(3) only in so far as 18
the person relying on subsection (2) has no reason to believe the indication 19
is incorrect or the consent has been withdrawn. 20
`(4) In this section-- 21
"Queensland driver's licence" means a drivers licence issued under the 22
Traffic Act 1949.'. 23
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