Human Tissue Act 2004
Human Tissue Act 2004 (2004 c. 30)
- Human Tissue Act 2004 (2004 c. 30)
- 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
- 32A Offences under section 32 committed outside UK
- 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 EU 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
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Scheduled purposes
- Part 1 Purposes requiring consent: general
- Part 2 Purposes requiring consent: deceased persons
- SCHEDULE 2 The human tissue authority
- Membership
- Disqualification
- Tenure of office
- Remuneration and pensions of members
- Staff
- Proceedings
- Members' interests
- Finance
- Accounts and audit
- Instruments
- Status
- Supplementary powers
- Application of Statutory Instruments Act 1946
- Public records
- Investigation by Parliamentary Commissioner
- House of Commons Disqualification
- Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification
- Freedom of information
- SCHEDULE 3 Licences for the purposes of section 16
- Power to grant licence
- Characteristics of licence
- Power to impose conditions
- Pre-conditions to grant of licence
- Power to revoke licence
- Power to vary licence
- Power to suspend licence
- Procedure in relation to licensing decisions
- Notification of licensing decisions
- Permission for the purposes of the licence condition required by paragraph 3(2)
- Applications under this Schedule
- SCHEDULE 4 Section 45: supplementary
- Part 1 Qualifying consent
- Introductory
- Qualifying consent
- Application to Scotland
- Part 2 Use for an excepted purpose
- Introductory
- Purposes of general application
- Purpose of research in connection with disorders, or functioning, of the human body
- Purposes relating to existing holdings
- Purposes relating to material from body of a living person
- Purpose authorised under section 1
- Purposes relating to DNA of adults who lack capacity to consent
- Power to amend paragraphs 5, 7 and 8
- SCHEDULE 5 Powers of inspection, entry, search and seizure
- Inspection of statutory records
- Entry and inspection of licensed premises
- Entry and search in connection with suspected offence
- Execution of warrants
- Seizure in the course of inspection or search
- Powers: supplementary
- Enforcement
- Interpretation
- SCHEDULE 6 Consequential amendments
- Wills Act 1837 (c. 26)
- Anatomy Act 1984 (c. 14)
- Coroners Act 1988 (c. 13)
- Human Organ Transplants Act 1989 (c. 31)
- Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c. 16)
- Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40)
- Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004
- SCHEDULE 7 Repeals and revocations
- Part 1 Repeals
- Part 2 Revocations
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