Commonwealth Serum Laboratories Commission
CSL
1961 – 1991
Previously Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (1916–1961). Renamed CSL Limited in 1991.
Statutory commission that ran the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, manufacturing vaccines, plasma products, antivenoms and veterinary products and operating increasingly on a commercial basis.
Names over time
- Commonwealth Serum Laboratories1916–1961
- Commonwealth Serum Laboratories Commission1961–1991
- CSL Limited1991–1994
How it came into existence
Created under the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories Act 1961, which reconstituted the departmental Commonwealth Serum Laboratories as a body corporate governed by a commission.
- Vaccine, serum and biological product manufacture
- Blood plasma fractionation
Reconstituted as a statutory corporation
Legislation: Commonwealth Serum Laboratories Act 1961
How it ended
Converted in 1991 into a wholly Commonwealth-owned public company, CSL Limited, under the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (Conversion into Public Company) Act 1990.
- Vaccine and biological product manufacture
- Blood plasma fractionation
Converted into a public company
Main functions
- Manufacture of human vaccines
- Fractionation of donated blood plasma into blood products
- Production of antivenoms and sera
- Production of veterinary vaccines
- Commercial sale of biological products
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Community Services and Health.
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