Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00060:section:8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00060
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 8
Character Range: 14860–16489

8  Establishment of the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority
 (1) The Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority is established by this section.
Note: In this Act, Authority means the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority—see section 4.
 (2) The Authority may also be known by a name specified in the regulations.
 (3) The Authority consists of:
 (aa) the CEO; and
 (b) the staff of the Authority.
Note: The Authority does not have a legal identity separate from the Commonwealth.
 (4) For the purposes of the finance law (within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013):
 (a) the following combination of bodies is a listed entity:
 (i) the Authority;
 (ii) the Advisory Board; and
 (aa) the listed entity is to be known as the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority; and
 (b) the CEO is the accountable authority of the Authority; and
 (c) the following persons are officials of the Authority:
 (i) the CEO;
 (ii) the Advisory Board members;
 (iii) the staff of the Authority;
 (iv) consultants engaged under section 26;
 (v) persons whose services are made available to the Authority under section 27;
 (vi) an expert advisory committee member; and
 (d) the purposes of the Authority include:
 (i) the functions of the Authority referred to in section 11; and
 (ii) the functions of the CEO referred to in section 14B; and
 (iii) the functions of the Advisory Board referred to in section 29; and
 (iv) the functions of an expert advisory committee referred to in section 45.