Amendments to the Human Tissue Act 2004

2.—(1) The Human Tissue Act 2004(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 1 (authorisation of activities for scheduled purposes)—

(a)omit subsection (1A);

(b)after subsection (9A) insert—

(9B) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to—

(a)transplantation activities done in Wales; or

(b)transplantation activities done outside Wales in relation to relevant material that was removed from a human body in Wales.;

(c)in subsection (10)(c), for “or (8)” substitute “, (8) or (9B)(b)”.

(3) In section 4 (nominated representatives), after subsection (10) insert—

(11) Where an adult has appointed a person under section 8 of the Human Transplantation (Wales) Act 2013 to represent the adult after death in relation to consent for one or more transplantation activities, the adult is to be treated as also having appointed the person under this section in relation to those activities.

(1)

2004 c. 30. Subsection (1A) is inserted by section 16 of the Human Transplantation (Wales) Act 2013 and subsection (9A) by paragraph 22(a) of Schedule 7 to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c. 22).