16. Exemption in relation to provision of clinical laboratory service by human tissue banking service licensees

Section 8 of the Act does not apply to the provision of a clinical laboratory service by a person (X) who holds a valid licence to provide a human tissue banking service and conducts, as part of X’s provision of the human tissue banking service, any test on —

any human tissue collected by X to ensure the suitability of the human tissue for transplant or storage; or

any human tissue that —

is collected by another person (Y) who holds a valid licence to provide a human tissue banking service; and

is provided by Y to X solely for the purpose of testing to ensure the suitability of the human tissue for transplant or storage.