prescribed disease (b) before supplying the (as the case may be) blood or a blood and did not take all product— reasonable steps— (i) caused a sample; (a) to find out or whether the (ii) in the case of a or a blood blood product, product derived caused a sample from that blood, of each unit of had been given to blood from which a person; and derived— the product was (b) to ensure that any to be tested in a remaining part of manner which is the blood, or a approved by the blood product Secretary and derived from that published in the blood, is not Government Gazette given to any for the presence of person. HIV, Hepatitis C or a prescribed disease (as the case may be); and (c) obtained a negative result from that test or each of those tests. Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Person against whom action Exception to Item brought Defences defences
(b) before supplying the blood or a blood product— (i) caused a sample; or (ii) in the case of a blood product, caused a sample of each unit of blood from which the product was derived— to be tested in a manner which is approved by the Secretary and published in the Government Gazette for the presence of HIV, Hepatitis C or a prescribed disease (as the case may be); and (c) obtained a negative result from that test or each of those tests. prescribed disease (as the case may be) and did not take all reasonable steps— (a) to find out whether the or a blood product derived from that blood, had been given to a person; and (b) to ensure that any remaining part of the blood, or a blood product derived from that blood, is not given to any person. Item Column 1 Person against whom action brought Column 2 Defences Column 3 Exception to defences