New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HUMAN TISSUE ACT 1983 - SECT 21ZB

21ZB Effect of authority under this Part

(1) An authority under this Part is sufficient authority for the use, for therapeutic, medical or scientific purposes, of tissue removed from the body of a person during medical, dental or surgical treatment, if the tissue is used in accordance with the terms and any conditions of the authority.

(2) An authority under this Part does not authorise the removal of tissue from the body of a person.

Note: Parts 2 and 3 provide authority to remove tissue (including blood and semen) from the body of a living person for purposes such as transplantation and transfusion, and other therapeutic, scientific, and medical purposes. Parts 4 and 5 provide authority to remove tissue from the body of a person who is deceased. In certain cases, an authority under this Act to remove tissue is not required (see section 34 (1) (a)).