New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

STATUS OF CHILDREN REGULATION 1998 - REG 15

15 Container to be sealed and labelled

(1) If a bodily sample is taken from a donor, the sampler must ensure that:

(a) the sample is placed in a container:

(i) immediately after it is taken, and

(ii) in the presence of the donor, and

(b) the container has not previously been used for any purpose, and

(c) the container is sealed in a way that, if it were opened after being sealed, that fact would be evident on inspection of the container, and

(d) the container is labelled in a way that:

(i) if the label, or part of the label, were removed, or

(ii) if the writing on the label were impaired by alteration or erasure,

the removal of the label or the impairment would be evident on inspection of the container, and

(e) the particulars on the label are inscribed in ink and include:

(i) the full name of the donor, and

(ii) the date of birth and sex of the donor, and

(iii) the date and time at which the sample was taken, and

(f) the label inscribed with the particulars referred to in paragraph (e) is signed in ink by the sampler and the donor.

(2) If the donor is a person under the age of 18 years, the procedure specified in subclause (1) (a) and (f) may be completed in the presence of the person's representative.

(3) If the donor is a person who is suffering from a disability:

(a) the procedure specified in subclause (1) (a) must be completed in the presence of the person's representative, and

(b) the procedure specified in subclause (1) (f) is taken to have been complied with only if the label is signed by the person's representative.