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Session 2003 - 04 Internet Publications Other Bills before Parliament

Human Tissue Bill

Human Tissue Bill
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department of Health, are published
separately as EN—9.
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Mr Secretary Reid has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the
Human Rights Act 1998:
In my view the provisions of the Human Tissue Bill are compatible with the
Convention rights.
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Contents
Part 1
Removal, storage and use of human organs and other tissue for scheduled
purposes
1    Authorisation of activities for scheduled purposes
2    “Appropriate consent”: children
3    “Appropriate consent”: adults
4    Nominated representatives
5    Prohibition of activities without consent etc.
6    Restriction of activities in relation to donated material
7    Existing holdings
8    Existing anatomical specimens
9    Coroners
Part 2
Regulation of activities involving human tissue
The Human Tissue Authority
10    The Human Tissue Authority
11    Remit
12    General functions
Licensing
13    Licence requirement
14    Persons to whom licence applies
15    Duty of the designated individual
16    Right to reconsideration of licensing decisions
17    Appeals committees
18    Procedure on reconsideration
19    Appeal on point of law
20    Conduct of licensed activities
21    Changes of licence circumstance
22    Breach of licence requirement
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Codes of practice
23    Preparation of codes
24    Provision with respect to consent
25    Effect of codes
26    Approval of codes
Anatomy
27    Possession of anatomical specimens away from licensed premises
28    Possession of former anatomical specimens away from licensed premises
Trafficking
29    Prohibition of commercial dealings in human material
Transplants
30    Restriction on transplants involving a live donor
31    Information about transplant operations
Inspectorates
32    Inspectorate of Anatomy and Pathology
33    Remit of Inspectorate of Anatomy and Pathology
34    Inspectorate of Organ and Tissue for Human Use
35    Remit of Inspectorate of Organ and Tissue for Human Use
36    Duties in relation to discharge of functions by Inspectorates
General
37    Agency arrangements and provision of services
38    Annual report
39    Directions
Exceptions
40    Criminal justice purposes
41    Religious relics
Supplementary
42    “Qualifying museum”
43    Interpretation of Part 2
Part 3
Miscellaneous and general
Miscellaneous
44    Preservation for transplantation
45    Surplus tissue
46    Offences relating to non-consensual analysis of DNA
47    Purposes for which DNA may be analysed without consent
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48    Power to give effect to Community obligations
49    Power to de-accession human remains
General
50    Powers of inspection, entry, search and seizure
51    Offences by bodies corporate
52    Prosecutions
53    Offences: Northern Ireland and Scotland
54    Orders and regulations
55    “Relevant material”
56    General interpretation
57    Financial provisions
58    Consequential amendments
59    Repeals and revocations
60    Transition
61    Extent
62    Commencement
63    Short title
Schedule 1   —    Scheduled purposes
Part 1   —    Purposes normally requiring consent
Part 2   —    Purposes not normally requiring consent
Schedule 2   —    The Human Tissue Authority
Schedule 3   —    Licences for the purposes of section 13
Schedule 4   —    Inspectorates: Boards
Schedule 5   —    Section 46: Qualifying consent
Part 1   —    England and Wales and Northern Ireland
Part 2   —    Scotland
Schedule 6   —    Powers of inspection, entry, search and seizure
Schedule 7   —    Consequential amendments
Schedule 8   —    Repeals and revocations
Part 1   —    Repeals
Part 2   —    Revocations

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