Human Tissue Act 2004 (c. 30)

Part 2 E+W+N.I. Regulation of activities involving human tissue

Trafficking E+W+N.I.

[F1 32A Offences under section 32 committed outside UK E+W+N.I.

(1) If—

(a) a person who is habitually resident in England and Wales, or who is a UK national and not habitually resident in Northern Ireland, does an act outside the United Kingdom,

(b) the act, if done in England and Wales, would constitute an offence under section 32(1), and

(c) the controlled material to which the act relates is controlled material consisting of or including a human organ,

the person is guilty in England and Wales of that offence.

(2) In this section “United Kingdom national” means an individual who is—

(a) a British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British National (Overseas) or a British Overseas citizen,

(b) a person who under the British Nationality Act 1981 is a British subject, or

(c) a British protected person within the meaning of that Act.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 32A inserted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), ss. 170(1), 186(6); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)