Pursuant to section 60 of the Human Tissue Act 2008
("the Act"), I, Tony Ryall, Minister of Health, exempt participants in the national paired kidney donation exchange scheme administered by Auckland District Health Board from sections 56, 58, 59, and 61 of the Act with respect only to the donation and receipt of human kidneys.
Sections 56, 58, 59 and 61 of the Act continue to apply to participants for all other purposes:
Paired donation exchange scheme means a living kidney donor sharing scheme, in which recipients
and their donors, who are tissue incompatible, are tissue matched with other recipients and donors to identify a chain of compatible donor/recipient pairs, allowing a number of simultaneous live donor kidney transplants.
For the avoidance of doubt, this exemption applies only to the extent that the donation and receipt of human kidneys by participants in the national paired kidney donation exchange scheme may be consideration for the purposes of sections 56, 58, 59, and 61 of the Act.
The notice takes effect from the date of its publication in the New Zealand Gazette.
Dated at Wellington this 31st day of October 2012.
HON TONY RYALL, Minister of Health.