Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

BLOOD DONATION (TRANSMITTABLE DISEASES) (NO. 78 OF 1996) - SECT 6

6. Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended—

        (a)     by omitting “the prescribed disease” from paragraph (a) of the definition of “prescribed action” and substituting “a transmittable disease”;

        (b)     by omitting “the prescribed disease” from subparagraph (a) (iii) of the definition of “prescribed action” and substituting “that disease”;

        (c)     by omitting “the prescribed disease” from paragraph (b) of the definition of “prescribed action” and substituting “a transmittable disease”;

        (d)     by omitting the definition of “approved” and substituting the following definition:

“ ‘approved', in relation to an instrument or method, means approved by the Medical Officer of Health by instrument for the purposes of this Act;”;

        (e)     by omitting the definition of “prescribed disease”; and

        (f)     by inserting the following definition:

“ ‘transmittable disease' means any of the following diseases:

        (a)     the disease known as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in any of its forms or stages;

        (b)     hepatitis B;

        (c)     hepatitis C;

        (d)     any disease resulting from infection by the Human T cell Lymphoma virus 1 or 2;

        (e)     syphilis;

        (f)     any other prescribed disease.”.