HUMAN TISSUE ACT 1985

Table of Provisions

PART I - Preliminary

• 1 Short title
• 2 Commencement
• 3 Interpretation
• 4 Designated officers

PART II - Donations of Tissue by Living Persons Division 1 -

• 5 Interpretation

Division 2 - Donations by adults

• 6 Blood transfusions not subject to this Division
• 7 Consent by adult living donor to removal of regenerative tissue
• 8 Consent by adult living donor to removal of non-regenerative tissue
for transplantation
• 9 Medical practitioner may give certificate in relation to consent

Division 3 - Donations by children

• 10 Blood transfusions not subject to this Division
• 11 References to parent not to include guardian, &c.
• 12 Removal for transplantation of regenerative tissue from body of child
• 13 Medical practitioner may give certificate in relation to consent

Division 4 - Effect of consents

• 14 Effect of consent under section 7
• 15 Effect of consent under section 8
• 16 Effect of consent under section 12
• 17 Written consent not to be sufficient authority in certain
circumstances

Division 5 - Donations of blood

• 17A Interpretation
• 18 Consents by adults to removal of blood
• 19 Consents to removal of blood from children
• 20 Consent to be sufficient authority for removal of blood at certain
places

Division 5A - Blood transfusions

• 21 Administration of blood transfusions to children without parental
consent

Division 6 - Revocation of consent

• 22 Revocation of consent

PART III - Donations of Tissue After Death

• 23 Authority to remove tissue where body of deceased at a hospital
• 24 Authority to remove tissue where body of deceased not at a hospital
• 25 Section 25
• 25A Certificates required in certain situations
• 26 Effect of authority under this Part

PART IIIA - Non-coronial autopsies and medical examinations Division

• 26A Non-coronial autopsies to be dignified

Division 2 - Consent to non-coronial autopsies

• 26B Authority to perform non-coronial autopsy
• 26C Removal of tissue during non-coronial autopsy
• 26D Effect of authorisation under this Part

Division 3 - Consent to medical examination

• 26E Medical examination of stillborn child

Division 4 - Procedure

• 26F Secretary to approve or issue guidelines

PART IV - Prohibition of Trading in Tissue

• 27 Certain contracts not to be entered into

PART IVA - Definition of Death

• 27A When death occurs

PART V - Miscellaneous

• 28 Act does not prevent specified removals of tissue, &c.
• 28A Consent by coroner
• 29 Exclusion of liability of person acting in pursuance of consent or
authority
• 30 Offences
• 31 Disclosure of information
• 32 Regulations
• 33 Consequential amendment, &c., of other Acts

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