Compensation for Live Organ Donors Bill

About this bill

The purpose of this bill is to provide financial assistance to people who, for altruistic reasons, donate kidney or liver tissue for transplantation purposes, and who forgo income from, for example, employment during their convalescence. The Bill also provides for the payment of childcare assistance for those who require it during their convalescence.

Current status

Royal Assent given 05 December 2016.
Enacted as the Compensation for Live Organ Donors Act 2016 (16/96)

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Bill type

Member's bill


All data
Bill type Member's bill
Parliament 51
Ref 39-3
Introduced 25 June 2015
First reading 26 August 2015
Select Committee Health Committee
Public submissions due 7 October 2015
Second reading 19 October 2016
Committee of the whole House 9 November 2016
Third reading 30 November 2016
Royal Assent 5 December 2016
Enacted as Compensation for Live Organ Donors Act 2016 (16/96)
Divided No

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