HUMAN TISSUE ACT 1983 - As at 23 November 2023 - Act 164 of 1983 - NOTES
HUMAN TISSUE ACT 1983 - As at 23 November 2023 - Act 164 of 1983 - NOTES
See also--
Human Tissue Amendment (Ante-mortem Interventions) Bill 2023 [Non-government Bill-- the Hon G M Piper, MP[#93]
Reprint history--
Reprint No 1 19 May 1986
Reprint No 2 21 October 1991
Reprint No 3 6 February 2001
Reprint No 4 24 February 2004
Reprint No 5 19 July 2005
Reprint No 6 17 March 2009
Historical notes
The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:
Am | amended | LW | legislation website | Sch | Schedule |
Cl | clause | No | number | Schs | Schedules |
Cll | clauses | p | page | Sec | section |
Div | Division | pp | pages | Secs | sections |
Divs | Divisions | Reg | Regulation | Subdiv | Subdivision |
GG | Government Gazette | Regs | Regulations | Subdivs | Subdivisions |
Ins | inserted | Rep | repealed | Subst | substituted |
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. |
2007 | No 9 | Private Health Facilities
Act
2007. Assented to 15.6.2007. Date of commencement, 1.3.2010, sec 2 and 2010 (53) LW 26.2.2010. |
No 69 | Assisted Reproductive Technology
Act
2007. Assented to 7.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.1.2010, sec 2 and 2009 (321) LW 10.7.2009. | |
No 94 | Miscellaneous Acts (Local
Court)
Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009. | |
2008 | No 87 | Human Tissue Amendment (Children
in
Care of State) Act 2008. Assented to 19.11.2008. Date of commencement, 13.2.2009, sec 2 and GG No 37 of 13.2.2009, p 961. |
No 122 | State Revenue and Other
Legislation
Amendment (Budget Measures) Act 2008. Assented to 10.12.2008. Date of commencement of Sch 7, assent, sec 2 (1). | |
2009 | No 41 | Coroners Act
2009. Assented to 19.6.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.1.2010, sec 2 (1) and 2009 (544) LW 27.11.2009. |
2010 | No 19 | Relationships Register
Act
2010. Assented to 19.5.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2). |
No 34 | Health Practitioner
Regulation
Amendment Act 2010. Assented to 15.6.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.7.2010, sec 2 (2). | |
2012 | No 72 | Human Tissue Legislation
Amendment Act
2012. Assented to 22.10.2012. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
2013 | No 47 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2013. Assented to 25.6.2013. Date of commencement of Sch 1.15, 5.7.2013, sec 2 (1). |
2015 | No 58 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act (No 2) 2015. Assented to 24.11.2015. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 8.1.2016, sec 2 (1). |
2018 | No 2 | Health Legislation Amendment
Act
2018. Assented to 20.2.2018. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1). |
No 28 | Miscellaneous Acts
Amendment
(Marriages) Act 2018. Assented to 15.6.2018. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
2020 | No 5 | COVID-19 Legislation
Amendment
(Emergency Measures--Miscellaneous) Act 2020. Assented to 14.5.2020. Date of commencement of Sch 1.15, assent, sec 2(1). |
No 32 | Health Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments)
Act
2020. Assented to 27.10.2020. Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2(1). | |
2022 | No 41 | Health Legislation (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act (No
2)
2022. Assented to 4.10.2022. Date of commencement of Sch 5, 1.2.2023, sec 2(a) and 2022 (667) LW 11.11.2022. |
2023 | No 7 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2023. Assented to 3.7.2023. Date of commencement, 14.7.2023, sec 2. |
No 37 | Health Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous)
Act
2023. Assented to 30.10.2023. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
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[#93] [2[#93]; 1999 No 4, Sch 2.12 [1[#93]-[3[#93]; 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [1[#93]-[6[#93]; 2003 No 45, Sch 2.7 [1[#93]; 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2005 No 82, Sch 2 [1[#93]; 2007 No 9, Sch 5.14 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2007 No 69, Sch 2.2 [1[#93]-[4[#93]; 2008 No 87, Sch 1 [1[#93]; 2010 No 19, Sch 3.47 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2010 No 34, Sch 2.28; 2013 No 47, Sch 1.15 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2018 No 2, Sch 3 [1[#93]-[3[#93]; 2018 No 28, Sch 1.14; 2020 No 32, Sch 4[1[#93]; 2022 No 41, Sch 5[1[#93]. |
Sec 4A | Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [7[#93]. |
Sec 5 | Am 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [8[#93]. |
Sec 5A | Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [9[#93]. |
Sec 5B | Ins 2022 No 41, Sch 5[2[#93]. |
Sec 6 | Am 1985 No 61, Sch 1 (3). |
Sec 10 | Subst 2005 No 82, Sch 2 [2[#93]. |
Sec 11A | Ins 2005 No 82, Sch 2 [3[#93]. |
Sec 14 | Am 2005 No 82, Sch 2 [4[#93]. |
Sec 16 | Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2003 No 45, Sch 2.7 [2[#93]. |
Sec 15 | Am 2005 No 82, Sch 2 [5[#93]-[7[#93]. |
Sec 16 | Am 2005 No 82, Sch 2 [8[#93]. |
Sec 17 | Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2003 No 45, Sch 2.7 [3[#93]. |
Part 3 | Subst 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3[#93]. |
Part 3, heading | Subst 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3[#93]. Am 2007 No 69, Sch 2.2 [5[#93]. |
Part 3, Div 1 | Ins 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3[#93]. |
Sec 18 | Subst 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3[#93]. Am 2007 No 69, Sch 2.2 [6[#93]. |
Sec 18A | Ins 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3[#93]. Am 2007 No 69, Sch 2.2 [6[#93]. |
Part 3, Div 2 | Ins 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3[#93]. |
Sec 19 | Subst 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3[#93]. |
Sec 20 | Am 1999 No 76, Sch 8 [1[#93] [2[#93]. Subst 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3[#93]. |
Sec 20A | Ins 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3[#93]. Am 2005 No 82, Sch 2 [9[#93]. |
Sec 20B | Ins 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3[#93]. |
Part 3, Div 3 | Ins 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3[#93]. |
Sec 20C | Ins 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3[#93]. Am 2007 No 69, Sch 2.2 [7[#93] [8[#93]. |
Sec 20D | Ins 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3[#93]. Am 2007 No 69, Sch 2.2 [9[#93] [10[#93]. |
Secs 20E, 20F | Ins 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3[#93]. |
Sec 20G | Ins 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3[#93]. Rep 2007 No 69, Sch 2.2 [11[#93]. |
Sec 20H | Ins 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3[#93]. |
Part 3A | Ins 1985 No 61, Sch 1 (4). Subst 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3[#93]. |
Part 3A, heading | Ins 1985 No 61, Sch 1 (4). Subst 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (3); 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3[#93]. |
Secs 21-21C | Subst 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3[#93]. |
Sec 21 | Am 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (2). Subst 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3[#93]. |
Sec 21A | Ins 1985 No 61, Sch 1 (4). Rep 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (4). Ins 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3[#93]. |
Sec 21B | Ins 1985 No 61, Sch 1 (4). Subst 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (5); 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3[#93]. |
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[#93]. Am 2018 No 2, Sch 3 [2[#93]. |
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[#93]. |
Sec 21DA | Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (8). Am 1989 No 226, Sch 2. Rep 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3[#93]. |
Sec 21E | Ins 1985 No 61, Sch 1 (4). Rep 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [3[#93]. |
Part 3B | Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9). Rep 2007 No 69, Sch 2.2 [12[#93]. |
Part 3B, heading | Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9). Subst 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [4[#93]. Rep 2007 No 69, Sch 2.2 [12[#93]. |
Sec 21F | Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9). Am 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [10[#93]; 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [5[#93]. Rep 2007 No 69, Sch 2.2 [12[#93]. |
Sec 21G | Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9). Am 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [6[#93]. Rep 2007 No 69, Sch 2.2 [12[#93]. |
Secs 21H, 21I | Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9). Am 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [7[#93]. Rep 2007 No 69, Sch 2.2 [12[#93]. |
Secs 21J, 21K | Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9). Rep 2007 No 69, Sch 2.2 [12[#93]. |
Sec 21L | Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9). Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1. Rep 2007 No 69, Sch 2.2 [12[#93]. |
Sec 21M | Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9). Am 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [8[#93]-[10[#93]. Rep 2007 No 69, Sch 2.2 [12[#93]. |
Secs 21N, 21O | Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9). Rep 2007 No 69, Sch 2.2 [12[#93]. |
Sec 21P | Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9). Rep 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [11[#93]. |
Sec 21Q | Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9). Am 2001 No 34, Sch 2.26. Rep 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [11[#93]. |
Sec 21R | Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9). Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1. Rep 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [11[#93]. |
Secs 21S, 21T | Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9). Rep 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [11[#93]. |
Sec 21U | Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9). Am 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [11[#93] [12[#93]. Rep 2007 No 69, Sch 2.2 [12[#93]. |
Sec 21V | Ins 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (9). Am 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [7[#93]. Rep 2007 No 69, Sch 2.2 [12[#93]. |
Part 3C | Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [12[#93]. |
Sec 21W | Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [12[#93]. Am 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [13[#93] [14[#93]; 2007 No 69, Sch 2.2 [13[#93]. |
Secs 21X, 21Y | Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [12[#93]. |
21Z | Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [12[#93]. Am 2018 No 2, Sch 3 [3[#93]. |
21ZA | Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [12[#93]. |
Sec 21ZB | Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [12[#93]. Am 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [15[#93]; 2007 No 69, Sch 2.2 [14[#93]. |
Sec 22 | Rep 1999 No 4, Sch 2.12 [4[#93]. |
Sec 23 | Subst 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [13[#93]. Am 2008 No 87, Sch 1 [2[#93]; 2012 No 72, Sch 1 [1[#93]. |
Sec 23A | Ins 2008 No 87, Sch 1 [3[#93]. |
Sec 24 | Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1. Subst 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [13[#93]. Am 2008 No 87, Sch 1 [4[#93]; 2012 No 72, Sch 1 [2[#93]. |
Sec 24A | Ins 2008 No 87, Sch 1 [5[#93]. |
Sec 24B | Ins 2008 No 87, Sch 1 [5[#93]. Am 2022 No 41, Sch 5[3[#93]. |
Sec 25 | Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1994 No 32, Sch 1; 2008 No 87, Sch 1 [6[#93]; 2009 No 41, Sch 4; 2020 No 32, Sch 4[2[#93]; 2022 No 41, Sch 5[4[#93]. |
Sec 26 | Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2005 No 82, Sch 2 [10[#93]. |
Sec 27 | Am 1988 No 71, sec 3; 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [14[#93]; 2005 No 82, Sch 2 [11[#93] [12[#93]; 2012 No 72, Sch 1 [3[#93] [4[#93]; 2018 No 2, Sch 3 [4[#93]. |
Sec 27A | Ins 2012 No 72, Sch 1 [5[#93]. Am 2018 No 2, Sch 3 [2[#93]. |
Part 5, Div 1, heading | Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [15[#93]. |
Sec 28 | Subst 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [16[#93]. |
Sec 29 | Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1. Subst 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [16[#93]. |
Sec 30 | Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1994 No 32, Sch 1; 2009 No 41, Sch 4. |
Sec 31 | Am 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [17[#93] [18[#93]; 2009 No 41, Sch 4. |
Part 5, Div 2 | Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [19[#93]. |
Sec 31A | Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [19[#93]. |
Secs 31B, 31C | Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [19[#93]. Am 2009 No 41, Sch 4. |
Part 5, Div 3 (sec 31D) | Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [19[#93]. |
Sec 32 | Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [20[#93] [21[#93]. |
Part 7A | Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [22[#93]. |
Sec 33A | Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [22[#93]. Am 2018 No 2, Sch 3 [2[#93]. |
Sec 33B | Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [22[#93]. |
Sec 33C | Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [22[#93]. Am 2003 No 18, Sch 3.2 [1[#93]. |
Secs 33D-33F | Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [22[#93]. |
Sec 33G | Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [22[#93]. Am 2003 No 18, Sch 3.2 [2[#93]-[4[#93]. |
Sec 33H | Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [22[#93]. |
Secs 33I, 33J | Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [22[#93]. Am 2018 No 2, Sch 3 [2[#93]. |
Sec 34 | Am 1985 No 61, Sch 1 (5); 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [23[#93]-[25[#93]; 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [16[#93]; 2005 No 82, Sch 2 [13[#93]; 2007 No 69, Sch 2.2 [15[#93] [16[#93]; 2020 No 5, Sch 1.15[1[#93] [2[#93]; 2023 No 7, Sch 1.10. |
Sec 34A | Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [26[#93]. Am 2008 No 87, Sch 1 [7[#93] [8[#93]; 2009 No 41, Sch 4. |
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[#93]-[29[#93]; 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [17[#93]; 2009 No 41, Sch 4. |
Sec 37 | Am 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (11); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2023 No 37, Sch 4. |
Sec 37A | Ins 2008 No 122, Sch 7. Am 2015 No 58, Sch 2.13; 2018 No 2, Sch 3 [2[#93]. |
Sec 38 | Am 1987 No 144, Sch 1 (12); 2007 No 94, Sch 4. |
Sec 39 | Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [30[#93] [31[#93]; 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [18[#93]; 2018 No 2, Sch 3 [5[#93]. |
Sec 40 | Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [32[#93]. |
Sch 1 | Ins 2003 No 18, Sch 2 [32[#93]. Am 2004 No 37, Sch 2 [19[#93] [20[#93]; 2007 No 69, Sch 2.2 [17[#93]; 2008 No 87, Sch 1 [9[#93] [10[#93]; 2012 No 72, Sch 1 [6[#93] [7[#93]; 2022 No 41, Sch 5[5[#93]. |