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HUMAN TISSUE ACT 1983 - NOTES

- As at 15 May 2008 - Act 164 of 1983

Does not include amendments by:

Private Health Facilities Act 2007 No 9 (not commenced)
Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2007 No 69 (not commenced)
Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007 No 94 (not commenced)

See also:

Human Tissue Amendment (Children in Care of State) Bill 2008

Reprint history:

Reprint No 119 May 1986
Reprint No 221 October 1991
Reprint No 36 February 2001
Reprint No 424 February 2004
Reprint No 519 July 2005

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am amended No number Schs Schedules
Cl clause p page Sec section
Cll clauses pp pages Secs sections
Div Division Reg Regulation Subdiv Subdivision
Divs Divisions Regs Regulations Subdivs Subdivisions
GG Government Gazette Rep repealed Subst substituted
Ins inserted Sch Schedule

Table of amending instruments

Human Tissue Act 1983 No 164. Assented to 31.12.1983. Date of commencement, secs 1 and 2 excepted, 15.6.1984, sec 2 (2) and GG No 93 of 15.6.1984, p 3089. This Act has been amended as follows:

1985 No 61 Human Tissue (Amendment) Act 1985. Assented to 15.5.1985.
Date of commencement of Sch 1, 19.7.1985, sec 2 (2) and GG No 105 of 19.7.1985, p 3610.
1986 No 53 Miscellaneous Acts (Area Health Services) Amendment Act 1986. Assented to 14.5.1986.
Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.7.1986, sec 2 (2) and GG No 99 of 27.6.1986, p 2946.
1987 No 144 Human Tissue (Amendment) Act 1987. Assented to 16.6.1987.
Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.6.1990, sec 2 and GG No 71 of 1.6.1990, p 4383.
1988 No 71 Human Tissue (Cornea Transplants) Amendment Act 1988. Assented to 23.11.1988.
Date of commencement, 26.5.1989, sec 2 and GG No 64 of 26.5.1989, p 3107.
1989 No 226 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 3) 1989. Assented to 21.12.1989.
Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 2 relating to the Human Tissue Act 1983, 1.6.1990, Sch 2 and GG No 71 of 1.6.1990, p 4383.
1992 No 112 Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1992. Assented to 8.12.1992.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
1994 No 32 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994. Assented to 2.6.1994.
Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Human Tissue Act 1983, assent, Sch 1.
1997 No 154 Health Services Act 1997. Assented to 19.12.1997.
Date of commencement, 1.7.1998, sec 2 and GG No 97 of 26.6.1998, p 4423.
1999 No 4 Property (Relationships) Legislation Amendment Act 1999. Assented to 7.6.1999.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.12, 28.6.1999, sec 2 and GG No 72 of 25.6.1999, p 4082.
No 76 Health Legislation Amendment Act 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999.
Date of commencement, 14.1.2000, sec 2 and GG No 3 of 14.1.2000, p 167.
2001 No 34 Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001. Assented to 28.6.2001.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.26, 15.7.2001, sec 2 (1) and Commonwealth Gazette No S 285 of 13.7.2001.
2003 No 18 Human Tissue and Anatomy Legislation Amendment Act 2003. Assented to 7.7.2003.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.11.2003, sec 2 (1) and GG No 174 of 31.10.2003, p 10262; date of commencement of Sch 3.2, 1.12.2005, sec 2 (2) and GG No 45 of 15.4.2005, p 1356.
No 45 Nurses Amendment Act 2003. Assented to 30.9.2003.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.7, 1.8.2004, sec 2 (1) and GG No 126 of 30.7.2004, p 6114.
2004 No 37 Health Legislation Amendment Act 2004. Assented to 15.6.2004.
Date of commencement, 1.8.2004, sec 2 (1) and GG No 126 of 30.7.2004, p 6113.
2005 No 82 Health Legislation Amendment Act 2005. Assented to 17.11.2005.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.1.2006, sec 2 (1) and GG No 157 of 16.12.2005, p 10878.

Table of amendments

Sec 3 Rep 1985 No 61, Sch 1 (1).
Sec 4 Am 1985 No 61, Sch 1 (2); 1986 No 53, Sch 1; 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (1); 1997 No 154, Sch 6.18 [1] [2]; 1999 No 4, Sch 2.12 [1]-[3]; 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [1]-[6]; 2003 No 45, Sch 2.7 [1]; 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [1] [2]; 2005 No 82, Sch 2 [1].
Sec 4A Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [7].
Sec 5 Am 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [8].
Sec 5A Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [9].
Sec 6 Am 1985 No 61, Sch 1 (3).
Sec 10 Subst 2005 No 82, Sch 2 [2].
Sec 11A Ins 2005 No 82, Sch 2 [3].
Sec 14 Am 2005 No 82, Sch 2 [4].
Sec 16 Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2003 No 45, Sch 2.7 [2].
Sec 15 Am 2005 No 82, Sch 2 [5]-[7].
Sec 16 Am 2005 No 82, Sch 2 [8].
Sec 17 Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2003 No 45, Sch 2.7 [3].
Part 3 Subst 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3].
Part 3, Div 1 Ins 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3].
Sec 18 Subst 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3].
Sec 18A Ins 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3].
Part 3, Div 2 Ins 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3].
Sec 19 Subst 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3].
Sec 20 Am 1999 No 76, Sch 8 [1] [2]. Subst 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3].
Sec 20A Ins 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3]. Am 2005 No 82, Sch 2 [9].
Sec 20B Ins 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3].
Part 3, Div 3 (secs 20C-20H) Ins 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3].
Part 3A Ins 1985 No 61, Sch 1 (4). Subst 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3].
Part 3A, heading Ins 1985 No 61, Sch 1 (4). Subst 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (3); 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3].
Secs 21-21C Subst 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3].
Sec 21 Am 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (2). Subst 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3].
Sec 21A Ins 1985 No 61, Sch 1 (4). Rep 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (4). Ins 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3].
Sec 21B Ins 1985 No 61, Sch 1 (4). Subst 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (5); 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3].
Sec 21C Ins 1985 No 61, Sch 1 (4). Am 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (6); 1989 No 226, Sch 2; 1992 No 112, Sch 1. Subst 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3].
Sec 21D Ins 1985 No 61, Sch 1 (4). Am 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (7); 1992 No 112, Sch 1. Rep 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3].
Sec 21DA Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (8). Am 1989 No 226, Sch 2. Rep 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3].
Sec 21E Ins 1985 No 61, Sch 1 (4). Rep 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3].
Part 3B Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9).
Part 3B, heading Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9). Subst 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [4].
Sec 21F Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9). Am 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [10]; 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [5].
Sec 21G Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9). Am 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [6].
Secs 21H, 21I Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9). Am 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [7].
Secs 21J, 21K Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9).
Sec 21L Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9). Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1.
Sec 21M Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9). Am 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [8]-[10].
Secs 21N, 21O Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9).
Sec 21P Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9). Rep 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [11].
Sec 21Q Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9). Am 2001 No 34, Sch 2.26. Rep 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [11].
Sec 21R Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9). Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1. Rep 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [11].
Secs 21S, 21T Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9). Rep 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [11].
Sec 21U Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9). Am 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [11] [12].
Sec 21V Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9). Am 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [7].
Part 3C Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [12].
Sec 21W Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [12]. Am 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [13] [14].
Secs 21X-21ZA Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [12].
Sec 21ZB Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [12]. Am 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [15].
Sec 22 Rep 1999 No 4, Sch 2.12 [4].
Sec 23 Subst 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [13].
Sec 24 Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1. Subst 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [13].
Sec 25 Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1994 No 32, Sch 1.
Sec 26 Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2005 No 82, Sch 2 [10].
Sec 27 Am 1988 No 71, sec 3; 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [14]; 2005 No 82, Sch 2 [11] [12].
Part 5, Div 1, heading Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [15].
Sec 28 Subst 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [16].
Sec 29 Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1. Subst 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [16].
Sec 30 Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1994 No 32, Sch 1.
Sec 31 Am 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [17] [18].
Part 5, Divs 2, 3 (secs 31A-31D) Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [19].
Sec 32 Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [20] [21].
Part 7A Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [22].
Secs 33A, 33B Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [22].
Sec 33C Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [22]. Am 2003 No 18, Sch 3.2 [1].
Secs 33D-33F Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [22].
Sec 33G Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [22]. Am 2003 No 18, Sch 3.2 [2]-[4].
Secs 33H-33J Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [22].
Sec 34 Am 1985 No 61, Sch 1 (5); 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [23]-[25]; 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [16]; 2005 No 82, Sch 2 [13].
Sec 34A Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [26].
Sec 36 Am 1985 No 61, Sch 1 (6); 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (10); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [27]-[29]; 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [17].
Sec 37 Am 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (11); 1992 No 112, Sch 1.
Sec 38 Am 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (12).
Sec 39 Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [30] [31]; 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [18].
Sec 40 Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [32].
Sch 1 Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [32]. Am 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [19] [20].