Regulation 6A
Review of decisions by transplant ethics committee
of Human Organ Transplant Regulations 2004
Subregulation 1
An applicant for review who is aggrieved by the decision of a transplant ethics committee to refuse to grant written authorisation under section 15(1) of the Act may make a written application to the Director‑General to require the transplant ethics committee to review its decision.
Subregulation 2
The applicant for review must make the written application to the Director‑General —
within a period of 21 days after the date on which the decision of the transplant ethics committee first comes to the notice of the applicant for review; or
within any further period that the Director‑General allows, either before or after the end of that 21‑day period.
Subregulation 3
The applicant for review must, in his or her written application to the Director‑General, set out the grounds on which he or she is applying to the Director‑General to require the transplant ethics committee to review its decision.
Subregulation 4
Upon receipt of the written application, the Director‑General may, as he or she sees fit —
dismiss the application; or
direct the transplant ethics committee to review its decision, and specify the considerations that the transplant ethics committee must have regard to, as directed by the Director‑General under section 15(3) of the Act.
Subregulation 5
In this regulation, “applicant for review”, in relation to a living donor organ transplant, means —
the person who made the application for the written authorisation of a transplant ethics committee under section 15(1) of the Act;
the prospective donor; or
the prospective recipient.