New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HUMAN TISSUE ACT 1983 - SECT 34A

34A Authority not to be given in respect of child in care of the State

(1) A person must not:

(a) authorise the removal of tissue from the body of a deceased child for any purpose (other than for the purpose of its transplantation to the body of a living person) if the child was, immediately before his or her death, in the care of the State, or

(b) authorise the post-mortem examination of the body of a deceased child if the child was, immediately before his or her death, in the care of the State, or

(c) authorise the use of tissue removed during the post-mortem examination of the body of a deceased child for any purpose (other than the purposes of the post-mortem examination) if the child was, immediately before his or her death, in the care of the State.

Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.

(2) Subsection (1) applies despite any other provision of this Act.

(3) This section does not apply to or in respect of anything done under the Coroners Act 2009 or any other law.