Prospective
47U.K.The Human Tissue Act 2004 is amended as follows.
48U.K.In section 1 (authorisation of activities for scheduled purposes), in subsection (2), for the words after “shall be lawful” substitute “if done with the appropriate consent and after—
(a)the confirmation of the cause of death by a medical examiner in accordance with regulations under section 20(1)(f)(i) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 or the issue by a medical examiner of a certificate of the cause of death in accordance with regulations under section 20(1)(h)(i) of that Act, or
(b)the signing of a certificate under Article 25(2) of the Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 of the cause of the person's death.”
49(1)Section 5 (prohibition of activities without consent etc) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsection (3), for the words from “neither” to the end substitute “none of the following has happened in relation to the death of the person concerned—
(a)the confirmation of the cause of death by a medical examiner in accordance with regulations under section 20(1)(f)(i) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 or the issue by a medical examiner of a certificate of the cause of death in accordance with regulations under section 20(1)(h)(i) of that Act;
(b)the signing of a certificate under Article 25(2) of the Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 of the cause of death.”
(3)In subsection (4)(a)(i), for “a certificate under either of those provisions has been signed in relation to the cause of death of the person concerned” substitute “ one of the things mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of that subsection has happened in relation to the death of the person concerned ”.
50U.K.In section 43 (preservation for transplantation), after subsection (5) insert—
“(5A)Section 11(2) applies to an act on authority under subsection (1) above as it applies to an act on authority under section 1.”