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This legislation has been repealed.

Health Act 1958 - SECT 135

Liability of donors

135. Liability of donors





(1) No civil or criminal proceedings, other than proceedings under section
136, lie against a donor of blood or tissue by reason only of a person having
been infected with HIV or Hepatitis C by the administration to the person of
blood given by, or of a blood product derived wholly or partly from blood
given by, the donor or by the transplanting of tissue or the use of semen or
ova given by the donor.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a donor who has been found
guilty of an offence against section 136.



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