HUMAN TISSUE ACT 1985

HUMAN TISSUE ACT 1985

- Act 118 of 1985
- Royal Assent 21 November 1985

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART I - Preliminary

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

   PART II - Donations of Tissue by Living Persons Division 1 -
   Exclusion of certain tissue

   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
   1 - General

   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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