Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person shall not remove tissue from the body of a person, whether living or dead, except in accordance with a consent or authority that is, under this Act, sufficient authority for the removal of the tissue by that person.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
(2) A person shall not conduct a post-mortem examination of the body of a deceased person except in accordance with an authority that is, under this Act, sufficient authority for that person to conduct the post-mortem examination.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
(3) A person shall not—
(a) remove the body of a deceased person to a school of anatomy; or
(b) use the body of a deceased person for a purpose specified in section 37 (1);
except in accordance with an authority that is, under this Act, sufficient authority for such removal or use of the body for that purpose.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
(4) A person who—
(a) gives an authority under this Act without having made the inquiries that he or she is required by this Act to make; or
(b) contravenes a provision of division 2.6;
commits an offence.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
(5) Nothing in subsection (1) or (2) applies to or in relation to—
(a) anything done under an order by the coroner under the Coroners Act 1997 ; or
(b) any other act authorised by law.