Part 2Regulation of activities involving human tissue

The Human Tissue Authority

I114Remit

1

The following are the activities within the remit of the Authority—

a

the removal from a human body, for use for a scheduled purpose, of any relevant material of which the body consists or which it contains;

b

the use, for a scheduled purpose, of—

i

the body of a deceased person, or

ii

relevant material which has come from a human body;

c

the storage of an anatomical specimen or former anatomical specimen;

d

the storage (in any case not falling within paragraph (c)) of—

i

the body of a deceased person, or

ii

relevant material which has come from a human body,

for use for a scheduled purpose;

e

the import or export of—

i

the body of a deceased person, or

ii

relevant material which has come from a human body,

for use for a scheduled purpose;

f

the disposal of the body of a deceased person which has been—

i

imported for use,

ii

stored for use, or

iii

used,

for a scheduled purpose;

g

the disposal of relevant material which—

i

has been removed from a person’s body for the purposes of his medical treatment,

ii

has been removed from the body of a deceased person for the purposes of an anatomical, or post-mortem, examination,

iii

has been removed from a human body (otherwise than as mentioned in sub-paragraph (ii)) for use for a scheduled purpose,

iv

has come from a human body and been imported for use for a scheduled purpose, or

v

has come from the body of a deceased person which has been imported for use for a scheduled purpose.

2

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1)(a) and (b), the activities within the remit of the Authority include, in particular—

a

the carrying-out of an anatomical examination, and

b

the making of a post-mortem examination.

3

An activity is excluded from the remit of the Authority if—

a

it relates to the body of a person who died before the day on which this section comes into force or to material which has come from the body of such a person, and

b

at least one hundred years have elapsed since the date of the person’s death.

4

The Secretary of State may by order amend this section for the purpose of adding to the activities within the remit of the Authority.

5

In this section, “relevant material”, in relation to use for the scheduled purpose of transplantation, does not include blood or anything derived from blood.