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HUMAN TISSUE TRANSPLANT ACT - SECT 26

Act does not prevent specified removals of tissue, &c.

26. Act does not prevent specified removals of tissue, &c.

Nothing in this Act applies to or in relation to -

(a) the removal of tissue from the body of a living person in the course of a procedure or operation carried out, in the interests of the health of the person, by a medical practitioner -

(i) with the consent, express or implied, given by or on behalf of the person; or

(ii) in accordance with the Emergency Medical Operations Act ;

(b) the use of tissue so removed;

(c) the embalming of the body of a deceased person; or

(d) the preparation, including the restoration of any disfigurement or mutilation, of the body of a deceased person for the purpose of interment or cremation.



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