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Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022

Other roles - New Zealand Blood and Organ Service

76: Functions of NZBOS

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"NZBOS' main jobs are to manage blood and organ donations, and follow plans and directions to keep New Zealand healthy."

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You know how NZBOS is an organisation that helps with health in New Zealand. NZBOS has some main jobs. It manages the donation and supply of blood and other important substances. It also helps with organ donation and transplantation. NZBOS has to do its jobs in a certain way, following its own plans and any directions it gets from the Minister. The Minister is like a boss who helps make sure NZBOS is doing its job correctly. When the Minister gives NZBOS a new job, they have to tell everyone about it by publishing a notice. Some words in this section have special meanings, like "appointed entity", "blood", and "controlled human substance". These words have the same meanings as they do in the Human Tissue Act 2008. NZBOS also has to follow rules from other laws, like the Crown Entities Act 2004, and section 63 of the Human Tissue Act 2008.

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New Zealand Blood and Organ Service

76Functions of NZBOS

  1. The functions of NZBOS are—

  2. to manage the donation, collection, processing, and supply of blood, controlled human substances, and related or incidental matters; and
    1. to provide oversight and clinical governance of the organ donation system, to provide support to the transplantation system, and manage any related or incidental matters; and
      1. if it is an appointed entity, to perform the functions for which it is for the time being responsible under section 63 of the Human Tissue Act 2008; and
        1. to perform any other functions it is for the time being given by or under any enactment, or authorised to perform by the Minister by written notice to the board of NZBOS after consultation with it.

          1. NZBOS must perform its functions in subsection (1)(a) and (b) in accordance with its statement of intent (including the statement of forecast service performance) and (subject to section 66) any directions given under the Crown Entities Act 2004.

          2. The Minister must, as soon as practicable after giving a notice under subsection (1)(d), publish in the Gazette, and present to the House of Representatives, a copy of the notice.

          3. In this section, appointed entity, blood, and controlled human substance have the same meanings as in section 55 of the Human Tissue Act 2008.