Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006

[F1 16I Duty to inquire: child S

(1) A health worker must act in accordance with subsection (2) before the earlier of—

(a) the carrying out of a pre-death procedure in relation to a child, or

(b) the removal of part of the body of a deceased child for any of the purposes referred to in section 3(1).

(2) The health worker must—

(a) take reasonable steps to inquire into whether there is in force—

(i) an authorisation by virtue of section 8(1) by the child,

(ii) a declaration by virtue of section 8B(1) by the child, and

(b) inquire, by consulting (so far as is reasonably practicable) the persons referred to in subsection (3), into the child's most recent views in relation to—

(i) the carrying out of pre-death procedures in relation to the child, and

(ii) the removal and use of a part of the child's body for a purpose referred to in section 3(1).

(3) The persons referred to in subsection (2)(b) are—

(a) a person who, at the relevant time, has parental rights and parental responsibilities in relation to the child,

(b) if a person is entitled to authorise removal and use of a part of the child's body by virtue of section 10A, that person,

(c) any person who has indicated to a health worker a wish to provide evidence mentioned in subsection (4), and

(d) such other persons as the health worker considers appropriate.

(4) The evidence referred to in subsection (3)(c) is evidence—

(a) that the child's most recent view was that the child was willing or, as the case may be, unwilling for a part of the child's body to be removed and used for a purpose referred to in section 3(1),

(b) that if the child were capable of making a decision about removal and use of a part, the child would be willing or, as the case may be, unwilling in the circumstances for a part of the child's body to be removed and used for a purpose referred to in section 3(1),

(c) about the child's views in relation to the carrying out of a pre-death procedure in relation to the child.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 16H, 16I inserted (26.3.2021) by Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 11), ss. 24, 29(2); S.S.I. 2021/108, reg. 2