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Amendment Paper as at
Thursday 5th February 2004

STANDING COMMITTEE G


HUMAN TISSUE BILL

NOTE

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [27th January].

   

Dr Richard Taylor
Dr Evan Harris

56

Clause     30,     page     20,     line     41,     leave out from 'shall' to end of line 45 and add—

      '(a) set out the circumstances in which decisions of the Authority in relation to matters which fall to be decided by it under the regulations shall be subject to reconsideration, and

      (b) prescribe the procedure to be followed for such reconsideration.'.


   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Mark Francois

129

Clause     33,     page     23,     line     6,     leave out subsection (3).


   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Mark Francois

130

Clause     35,     page     24,     line     6,     after 'blood', insert 'blood precursors'.


   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Mark Francois

15

Schedule     4,     page     49,     line     38,     at end insert—

    '(3)   Subject to sub-paragraph (2) above, the Authority shall exercise its power to appoint at least one member of the Board whom it believes to be representative of the interests of the Royal College of Pathologists.'.


   

Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Andrew Lansley
Mr Mark Francois

182

Clause     41,     page     26,     line     21,     after second 'of', insert 'committal or'.

   

Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Andrew Lansley
Mr Mark Francois

183

Clause     41,     page     26,     line     31,     at end insert 'or the ceremony associated with committal'.


   

Dr Evan Harris

124

Clause     44,     page     27,     line     41,     leave out from beginning to 'has' and insert 'appropriate consent for the use of the relevant part for the purpose of transplantation in accordance with the provisions of Part 1'.

   

Dr Evan Harris

125

Clause     44,     page     27,     line     41,     leave out 'consent' and insert 'permission'.


   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Mark Francois

9

Clause     45,     page     28,     line     17,     at end insert—

    '(3A)   Insofar as it would be impracticable to obtain appropriate consent in relation to material to which subsections (2) or (3) apply, it will not be unlawful to make such material available for scheduled purposes.'.

   

Dr Evan Harris

127

Clause     45,     page     28,     line     17,     at end insert—

    '(3A)   Subsections (2) and (3) shall continue to apply after the person from whose body the material has been removed has died.'.

   

Dr Evan Harris

126

Clause     45,     page     28,     line     18,     leave out subsection (4).


   

Mr Andrew Lansley

184

Clause     46,     page     28,     line     22,     leave out paragraph (a) and insert—

      '(a) he analyses or procures the analysis of any human DNA in any bodily material without qualifying consent intending—

      (i) that the person from whose body the DNA has come be identified as such, and

      (ii) that the results of the analysis be used otherwise than for the excepted purposes (see section 47),

       unless he reasonably believes that he does the activity with qualifying consent or that what he does is not an activity to which this subsection applies,'.

   

Dr Evan Harris

179

Clause     46,     page     28,     line     22,     after 'material', insert 'not covered under section 7'.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Mark Francois

131

Clause     46,     page     28,     line     23,     after 'DNA', insert 'or RNA'.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Mark Francois

98

Clause     46,     page     28,     line     23,     after 'material', insert 'or derived from that material'.

   

Ms Rosie Winterton

157

Clause     46,     page     28,     line     25,     leave out 'excepted purposes (see section 47)' and insert 'an excepted purpose'.

   

Ms Rosie Winterton

158

Clause     46,     page     28,     line     32,     after 'death,' insert —

      '( ) it is an existing holding and the person who has it is not in possession, and not likely to come into possession, of information from which the individual from whose body the material has come can be identified,'.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley

187

Clause     46,     page     28,     line     33,     at end insert ', or

      (c) it has been imported or come from a body which has been imported.'.

   

Ms Rosie Winterton

159

Clause     46,     page     29,     line     1,     leave out from 'Schedule' to 'has' in line 2 and insert '(Section 46: Supplementary) (which makes provision for the interpretation of "qualifying consent" and "use for an excepted purpose" in subsection (1)(a))'.

   

Ms Rosie Winterton

160

Clause     46,     page     29,     line     3,     after 'section', insert '(and Schedule (Section 46: Supplementary))'.

   

Ms Rosie Winterton

161

Clause     46,     page     29,     line     5,     at end add—

'"existing holding" means bodily material held immediately before the day on which this section comes into force.'.   

Mr Andrew Lansley

188

Clause     46,     page     29,     line     5,     at end add—

    '(6)   In this section, references to bodily material which has been imported do not include bodily material which has been imported after having been exported with a view to its subsequently being re-imported.'.


   

Mr Andrew Lansley

186

Schedule     5,     page     54,     line     8,     at end insert—

      '(1A) The analysis shall be regarded as being the subject of qualifying consent if the analysis of DNA for the listed purpose would be authorised under section 1(1) if the analysis were done in England, Wales or Northern Ireland.'.

   

Ms Rosie Winterton

176

Page     52,     line     8,     leave out Schedule 5.


   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Mark Francois

132

Clause     47,     page     29,     line     10,     at end insert 'and RNA'.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley

185

Clause     47,     page     29,     line     19,     at end insert—

      '(g) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, purposes specified in sections 1(1)(f) and 1(1)(g).'.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Mark Francois

133

Clause     47,     page     29,     line     21,     at end insert 'providing the material is anonymised'.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Mark Francois

96

Clause     47,     page     29,     line     26,     at end insert—

    '(e)   purposes of research in connection with disorders, or the functioning, of the human body using residual tissues.'.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Mark Francois

134

Clause     47,     page     30,     line     3,     leave out subsection (7).

   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Mark Francois

135

Clause     47,     page     30,     line     6,     leave out from '(2)' to end of line 7.

   

Ms Rosie Winterton

162

Page     29,     line     6,     leave out Clause 47.


   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Mark Francois

136

Page     30,     line     8,     leave out Clause 48.


   

Mr Andrew Lansley
Dr Andrew Murrison
Mr Mark Francois

128

Clause     49,     page     31,     line     4,     leave out subsection (5) and insert—

    '(5)   Schedule [consequential amendments relating to de-accession] shall have effect.'.


   

Ms Rosie Winterton

163

Clause     54,     page     32,     line     11,     leave out '47(7),'.

   

Ms Rosie Winterton

164

Clause     54,     page     32,     line     12,     after '56(10)' insert 'and paragraph 10 of Schedule (Section 46: Supplementary)'.

   

Ms Rosie Winterton

165

Clause     54,     page     32,     line     14,     leave out ', 47(7)'.

   

Ms Rosie Winterton

166

Clause     54,     page     32,     line     14,     after '56(10)' insert 'or paragraph 10 of Schedule (Schedule 46: Supplementary)'.

   

Ms Rosie Winterton

180

Clause     54,     page     32,     leave out line 41.

   

Ms Rosie Winterton

181

Clause     54,     page     32,     line     43,     at end insert—

       'paragraph 10 of Schedule (Section 46: Supplementary);'.

   

Ms Rosie Winterton

167

Clause     54,     page     33,     line     1,     leave out '47(7)' and insert '56(10) in order to amend section 56(9) so far as having effect for the purposes of Schedule (Section 46: Supplementary), or under paragraph 10 of Schedule (Section 46: Supplementary)'.



 
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