Part 1 Removal, Storage and Use of Human Organs and Other Tissue for Scheduled Purposes

• 1 Authorisation of activities for scheduled purposes
• 2 “Appropriate consent”: children
• 3 “Appropriate consent”: adults
• 4 Nominated representatives
• 5 Prohibition of activities without consent etc
• 6 Activities involving material from adults who lack capacity to consent
• 7 Powers to dispense with need for consent
• 8 Restriction of activities in relation to donated material
• 9 Existing holdings
• 10 Existing anatomical specimens
• 11 Coroners
• 12 Interpretation of Part 1

Part 2 Regulation of Activities Involving Human Tissue

The Human Tissue Authority

• 13 The Human Tissue Authority
• 14 Remit
• 15 General functions

Licensing

• 16 Licence requirement
• 17 Persons to whom licence applies
• 18 Duty of the designated individual
• 19 Right to reconsideration of licensing decisions
• 20 Appeals committees
• 21 Procedure on reconsideration
• 22 Appeal on point of law
• 23 Conduct of licensed activities
• 24 Changes of licence circumstance
• 25 Breach of licence requirement

Codes of practice

• 26 Preparation of codes
• 27 Provision with respect to consent
• 28 Effect of codes
• 29 Approval of codes

Anatomy

• 30 Possession of anatomical specimens away from licensed premises
• 31 Possession of former anatomical specimens away from licensed premises

Trafficking

• 32 Prohibition of commercial dealings in human material for transplantation

Transplants

• 33 Restriction on transplants involving a live donor
• 34 Information about transplant operations

General

• 35 Agency arrangements and provision of services
• 36 Annual report
• 37 Directions
• 38 Duties in relation to carrying out functions

Exceptions

• 39 Criminal justice purposes
• 40 Religious relics

Supplementary

• 41 Interpretation of Part 2

Part 3 Miscellaneous and General

Miscellaneous

• 42 Power of Human Tissue Authority to assist other public authorities
• 43 Preservation for transplantation
• 44 Surplus tissue
• 45 Non-consensual analysis of DNA
• 46 Power to give effect to Community obligations
• 47 Power to de-accession human remains

General

• 48 Powers of inspection, entry, search and seizure
• 49 Offences by bodies corporate
• 50 Prosecutions
• 51 Offences: Northern Ireland
• 52 Orders and regulations
• 53 “Relevant material”
• 54 General interpretation
• 55 Financial provisions
• 56 Consequential amendments
• 57 Repeals and revocations
• 58 Transition
• 59 Extent
• 60 Commencement
• 61 Short title

SCHEDULE 1 Scheduled Purposes

• Part 1 Purposes Requiring Consent: General
• Part 2 Purposes Requiring Consent: Deceased Persons

• SCHEDULE 2 The Human Tissue Authority
• SCHEDULE 3 Licences for the Purposes of Section 16

SCHEDULE 4 Section 45: Supplementary

• Part 1 Qualifying Consent
• Part 2 Use for an Excepted Purpose

• SCHEDULE 5 Powers of Inspection, Entry, Search and Seizure
• SCHEDULE 6 Consequential Amendments

SCHEDULE 7 Repeals and Revocations

• Part 1 Repeals
• Part 2 Revocations