Liability of blood donor
26E Liability of blood donor
A person who, in a declaration referred to in section 26A(2)(a), makes a statement that is false in a material particular is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: 85 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
No proceedings, civil or criminal, other than proceedings under subsection (1), lie against a donor of blood by reason only of a person having contracted a transmittable disease from the administration to the person of blood given by, or of a blood product derived partly from blood given by, that donor.
Subsection (2) does not apply to or in relation to a blood donor who has been found guilty of an offence against subsection (1).
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