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Human Tissue Bill

Human Tissue Bill
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department of Health, are published
separately as HL Bill 94—EN.
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
The Lord Warner 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    Activities involving material from adults who lack capacity to consent
7    Powers of court to dispense with need for consent
8    Restriction of activities in relation to donated material
9    Existing holdings
10    Existing anatomical specimens
11    Coroners
12    Interpretation of Part 1
Part 2
Regulation of activities involving human tissue
The Human Tissue Authority
13    The Human Tissue Authority
14    Remit
15    General functions
Licensing
16    Licence requirement
17    Persons to whom licence applies
18    Duty of the designated individual
19    Right to reconsideration of licensing decisions
20    Appeals committees
21    Procedure on reconsideration
22    Appeal on point of law
23    Conduct of licensed activities
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24    Changes of licence circumstance
25    Breach of licence requirement
Codes of practice
26    Preparation of codes
27    Provision with respect to consent
28    Effect of codes
29    Approval of codes
Anatomy
30    Possession of anatomical specimens away from licensed premises
31    Possession of former anatomical specimens away from licensed premises
Trafficking
32    Prohibition of commercial dealings in human material for transplantation
Transplants
33    Restriction on transplants involving a live donor
34    Information about transplant operations
Inspectorates
35    Inspectorate of Anatomy and Pathology
36    Remit of Inspectorate of Anatomy and Pathology
37    Inspectorate of Organ and Tissue for Human Use
38    Remit of Inspectorate of Organ and Tissue for Human Use
39    Duties in relation to discharge of functions by Inspectorates
General
40    Agency arrangements and provision of services
41    Annual report
42    Directions
43    Duties in relation to carrying out functions
Exceptions
44    Criminal justice purposes
45    Religious relics
Supplementary
46    Interpretation of Part 2
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Part 3
Miscellaneous and general
Miscellaneous
47    Power of Human Tissue Authority to assist other public authorities
48    Preservation for transplantation
49    Surplus tissue
50    Non-consensual analysis of DNA
51    Power to give effect to Community obligations
52    Power to de-accession human remains
General
53    Powers of inspection, entry, search and seizure
54    Offences by bodies corporate
55    Prosecutions
56    Offences: Northern Ireland and Scotland
57    Orders and regulations
58    “Relevant material”
59    General interpretation
60    Financial provisions
61    Consequential amendments
62    Repeals and revocations
63    Transition
64    Extent
65    Commencement
66    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 16
Schedule 4   —    Inspectorates: Boards
Schedule 5   —    Section 50: Supplementary
Part 1   —    Qualifying consent
Part 2   —    Use for an excepted purpose
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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