Contents (1983 - 164)
Human Tissue Act 1983 No 164
Status information

Long title

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Act
2 Commencement
3 (Repealed)
4 Definitions
5 Designated officers and designated specialists

Part 2 Donations of tissue by living persons

Division 1 Exclusion of certain tissue

6 Definition

Division 2 Donations by adults

7 Consents to removal of regenerative tissue from adults
8 Consents to removal of non-regenerative tissue from adults
9 Medical practitioners’ certificates

Division 3 Donations by children

10 Consents to removal of regenerative tissue from children
11 Medical practitioners’ certificates

Division 4 Effect of consent

12 Effect of consent under section 7
13 Effect of consent under section 8
14 Effect of consent under section 10
15 Written consent not to be sufficient authority in certain circumstances

Division 5 Revocation of consent or agreement

16 Revocation of consent
17 Child no longer in agreement with removal and transplantation

Part 3 Blood donations

18 Part 2 not to apply to removal of blood
19 Consents to removal of blood from adults
20 Consents to removal of blood from children
21 Effect of consent under section 19 or 20

Part 3A Special provisions concerning donations of blood or semen

21A (Repealed)
21B Application of Part
21C Certificates by donors
21D False or misleading statements
21DA Restrictions as to legal proceedings involving infection by a prescribed contaminant etc
21E Records

Part 3B Regulation of businesses supplying blood, blood products or semen

21F Definitions
21G Unauthorised persons prohibited from carrying on a business of supplying blood, blood products or semen
21H Applications for authorisations
21I Issue of authorisations etc
21J Variation and revocation of conditions and restrictions of authorisation
21K Revocation or suspension of authorisations
21L Offences under Part 3B
21M Presumptions in certain legal proceedings
21N Offences by directors of corporations etc
21O Time at which decision of the Secretary under section 21J or 21K is to have effect
21P Inspectors
21Q Powers of inspectors
21R Obstruction etc of inspectors
21S Disposal of seized articles
21T Disallowance of seizure
21U Injunctions
21V Service of notices

Part 4 Removal of tissue after death

22 (Repealed)
23 Authority to remove tissue where body of deceased at a hospital
24 Authority to remove tissue where body of deceased not at a hospital
25 Consent by coroner
26 Certificates required in certain situations
27 Effect of authority under this Part

Part 5 Post-mortem examinations

28 Authority for post-mortem examination where body of deceased at a hospital
29 Authority for post-mortem examination where body of deceased not at a hospital
30 Consent by coroner
31 Effect of authority under this Part

Part 6 Prohibition of trading in tissue

32 Certain contracts etc not to be entered into

Part 7 Definition of death

33 When death occurs

Part 8 Miscellaneous

34 Act does not prevent specified removals of tissue etc
35 Exclusion of liability of persons acting in pursuance of consent or authority
36 Offences
37 Disclosure of information
38 Proceedings for offences
39 Regulations

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