Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006

[F1 16K Interpretation and meaning of “relevant time” S

(1) In sections 1 to 16J and this section—

• “excepted body part” has the meaning given in section 6D(5),

• “express authorisation” has the meaning given in section 6(1),

• “Health Board” means a board constituted by order under section 2(1)(a) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978,

• “health worker” has the meaning given in section 16J(1),

• “incapable of understanding the nature and consequences of deemed authorisation” has the meaning given in section 6D(3),

• “medical treatment”, in relation to a person, means any procedure or treatment that has the purpose of safeguarding or promoting the person's physical or mental health,

• “non-resident adult” has the meaning given in section 6D(2)(a),

• “opt-out declaration” has the meaning given in section 6B(1),

• “pre-death procedure” has the meaning given in section 16A,

• “register organisation” has the meaning given in section 2B(2),

• “Special Health Board” means a board constituted by order under section 2(1)(b) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978,

• “writing” includes representation of a character in visible form.

(2) For the purposes of sections 1 to 16J, this section and section 50, “relevant time” means—

(a) in relation to a living person, when—

(i) in the view of the health worker primarily responsible for the person's medical treatment, the person is likely to die imminently (including as a result of the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment),

(ii) where the person is receiving life-sustaining treatment, the decision to withdraw that treatment has been taken by that health worker, and

(iii) in the case of a person who is 12 years of age or over, that health worker is of the view that the person is incapable by reason of ill health of making a decision about the removal and use of a part of the person's body for a purpose referred to in section 3(1),

(b) in relation to a deceased person, immediately before the person's death.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 16K inserted (26.3.2021) by Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 11), ss. 27(4), 29(2); S.S.I. 2021/108, reg. 2