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Organ Donors and Related Matters Act 2019 No 65, Public Act – New Zealand Legislation
2019 No 65
7 Section 17 amended (Decisions on applications)
8 Section 18 amended (When Director-General may revoke or revise decisions)
9 Section 29 amended (Regulations)
12 New Schedule 5 inserted
Amendments to New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000
13 Amendments to New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000
14 Section 5 amended (Outline)
15 Section 6 amended (Interpretation)
16 Section 54 replaced (NZBS)
54 NZBOS
17 Section 55 amended (Functions of NZBS)
18 Section 56 amended (Membership of board)
19 Section 60 amended (Interpretation)
20 Section 65 amended (Restrictions on directions by Minister)
21 Section 66 amended (Pharmac, NZBS, and HPA to operate in financially responsible manner)
22 Section 70 amended (Further provisions)
23 Section 88 amended (Arrangements relating to payments)
24 Section 102 amended (References to dissolved entities to be references to their successors)
25 Schedule 6 amended
26 Health Sector (Transfers) Act 1993 amended
New Schedule 5 inserted in Compensation for Live Organ Donors Act 2016
Part 1 comes into force on the day after the date on which this Act receives the Royal assent.
Part 2 comes into force on the earlier of—
the date that is 2 years after the day on which this Act receives the Royal assent.
approved overseas organ exchange programme means an overseas organ exchange programme listed in Schedule 5
usual hours, in relation to a qualifying donor, means—
the donor’s hours of employment per week as specified in the donor’s employment agreement; or
if paragraph (a) does not apply to the donor, or the donor is a shareholder employee or is self-employed, the most common number of hours that the donor works each week as assessed over the 12-week period immediately before the application date
The criteria in subsection (1)﻿(b) and (c) do not apply if the person—
has donor surgery as part of an approved overseas organ exchange programme; and
complies with any conditions specified in Schedule 5 in respect of that programme.
In section 17(1)﻿(b)﻿(i), replace “of the conditions set out in section 9(1)” with “of the applicable criteria in section 9” .
In section 18(1)﻿(a)﻿(i), replace “of the conditions set out in section 9(1)” with “of the applicable criteria in section 9” .
The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister of Health,—
approve an overseas organ exchange programme by including it in Schedule 5; and
specify in Schedule 5 any conditions that a donor in that programme must comply with in order to be a qualifying donor; and
remove an approved overseas organ exchange programme from Schedule 5; and
amend or remove any conditions specified in Schedule 5; and
make minor amendments to Schedule 5.
Before recommending that an overseas organ exchange programme be approved under subsection (3)﻿(a), the Minister must be satisfied, for each overseas country participating in the programme, that—
the programme has been agreed between a central government agency of the overseas country and the New Zealand Ministry of Health; and
the overseas country has ratified—
Before recommending an amendment under subsection (3)﻿(a), (b), or (c), the Minister must consult any person or organisation that the Minister considers has an interest in, or will be representative of the interests of people likely to be substantially affected by, the proposed amendment.
commencement date means the date of commencement of Part 1 of the amendment Act
before the commencement date, had received compensation under former section 10 as a qualifying donor; and
The person must provide the Director-General with any evidence that the Director-General reasonably requests for the purpose of ascertaining the matters referred to in subclause (1)﻿(b).
8 Compensation for donor who had surgery as part of Australian and New Zealand Paired Kidney Exchange Program before commencement date
A person may, no later than 120 days after the commencement date, apply to be a qualifying donor if,—
before the commencement date, the person had donor surgery as part of the Australian and New Zealand Paired Kidney Exchange Program; and
the person was registered with the New Zealand Kidney Exchange Programme at the time of the surgery.
This Act applies to the person with all necessary modifications, except that—
section 16(2) and (3) does not apply; and
when making a decision under section 12(1), the Director-General must (instead of being satisfied of the criteria in section 12(1)﻿(a) to (d)) be satisfied that—
the donor had to forgo earnings during the period referred to in section 12(1) in order to undertake 1 or more activities in preparation for the surgery; and
the donor could not reasonably undertake the activities without taking leave from employment for that period; and
the activities were medically necessary for the surgery to be carried out; and
the Director-General may rely on a certificate of a medical practitioner when deciding whether an activity was medically necessary for the purpose of paragraph (b)﻿(iii); and
any payment of earnings compensation under section 13(b) must be made no later than 60 days after the person receives notice that the person’s application for compensation is approved.
take into account the additional earnings received by the qualifying donor as a result of the donor returning to employment on reduced hours; and
be satisfied that the qualifying donor’s earnings are the same—
Part 2 Amendments to New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000
Replace section 5(6) with:
A statutory entity called the New Zealand Blood and Organ Service (NZBOS) is established (sections 54 to 56 and 61 to 69 of Part 4 and Schedule 6). NZBOS’s functions include managing the donation, collection, processing, and supply of blood and controlled human substances, providing oversight and clinical governance of the organ donation system, and providing support to the transplantation system.
In section 6(1), replace the definition of NZBS with:
NZBOS means the New Zealand Blood and Organ Service established by section 54
In section 6(1), definition of publicly-owned health and disability organisation, replace “NZBS” with “NZBOS” .
Replace section 54 with:
This section establishes the New Zealand Blood and Organ Service.
NZBOS is the same organisation that, immediately before the commencement of the Organ Donors and Related Matters Act 2019, was known as the New Zealand Blood Service.
NZBOS is owned by the Crown.
The Crown Entities Act 2004 applies to NZBOS except to the extent that this Act provides otherwise.
In the heading to section 55, replace “NZBS” with “NZBOS” .
In section 55(1), replace “NZBS” with “NZBOS” in each place.
to provide oversight and clinical governance of the organ donation system, to provide support to the transplantation system, and to manage any related or incidental matters, in accordance with its statement of intent (including the statement of forecast service performance) and (subject to section 65) any directions given under the Crown Entities Act 2004; and
In section 56(1), replace “NZBS” with “NZBOS” .
In section 60(b), replace “NZBS” with “NZBOS” .
In section 65(4) and (4A)﻿(a), replace “NZBS” with “NZBOS” .
In section 65(4), before paragraph (b), insert:
NZBOS’s role in providing oversight and clinical governance of the organ donation system and in providing support to the transplantation system; or
In the heading to section 66, replace “NZBS” with “NZBOS” .
In section 70, replace “NZBS” with “NZBOS” .
In section 88(4), replace “NZBS” with “NZBOS” .
In section 102(c), replace “NZBS” with “NZBOS” .
In the Schedule 6 heading, replace “NZBS” with “NZBOS” .
In Schedule 6, clause 1(b), replace “NZBS” with “NZBOS” .
In Schedule 6, clause 33, replace “NZBS” with “NZBOS” .
This section amends the Health Sector (Transfers) Act 1993.
In section 2(1), definition of publicly-owned health and disability organisation, replace “NZBS” with “NZBOS” .
Schedule New Schedule 5 inserted in Compensation for Live Organ Donors Act 2016
Schedule 5 Approved overseas organ exchange programmes
Name of approved overseas organ exchange programme
Conditions (if any) that donor must comply with to be a qualifying donor
Australian and New Zealand Paired Kidney Exchange Program The donor must be registered with the New Zealand Kidney Exchange Programme Date of commencement of Part 1 of the Organ Donors and Related Matters Act 2019
Introduction (Bill 117–1)
Reported from Health Committee (Bill 117–2)