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HUMAN TISSUE ACT 1982 - SECT 30 Effect of authority under this Part

HUMAN TISSUE ACT 1982 - SECT 30

Effect of authority under this Part

S. 30(1) amended by No. 23/1994 s. 118(Sch.  1 item 27.16).

    (1)     An authority under this Part is sufficient authority for a registered medical practitioner (other than, in a case to which section 29 applies, the designated officer for the hospital)—

        (a)     to conduct an examination of the body of the deceased person; and

        (b)     to remove tissue from the body of the deceased person.

S. 30(1A) inserted by No. 59/2006 s. 11.

    (1A)     A mortuary technician, forensic technician or scientist, under the general supervision of the registered medical practitioner who is responsible for the conduct of the post-mortem examination, may remove or assist in the removal of tissue under subsection (1)(b).

    (2)     An authority under this Part is authority for the use, for therapeutic, medical or scientific purposes, of tissue removed from the body of the deceased person for the purpose of the post-mortem examination.

S. 30(3) amended by Nos 10257 s. 85(e), 77/2008 s. 129(Sch.  2 item 12.4).

    (3)     Authority under the Coroners Act 2008 to remove tissue is, subject to any order to the contrary by a coroner, authority for the use, for therapeutic, medical or scientific purposes, of tissue removed from the body of the deceased person for the purpose of the post-mortem examination.