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Version Superseded: 12/07/2012
Point in time view as at 24/04/2009.
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(1)A person commits an offence if he—
(a)gives or receives a reward for the supply of, or for an offer to supply, any controlled material;
(b)seeks to find a person willing to supply any controlled material for reward;
(c)offers to supply any controlled material for reward;
(d)initiates or negotiates any arrangement involving the giving of a reward for the supply of, or for an offer to supply, any controlled material;
(e)takes part in the management or control of a body of persons corporate or unincorporate whose activities consist of or include the initiation or negotiation of such arrangements.
(2)Without prejudice to subsection (1)(b) and (c), a person commits an offence if he causes to be published or distributed, or knowingly publishes or distributes, an advertisement—
(a)inviting persons to supply, or offering to supply, any controlled material for reward, or
(b)indicating that the advertiser is willing to initiate or negotiate any such arrangement as is mentioned in subsection (1)(d).
(3)A person who engages in an activity to which subsection (1) or (2) applies does not commit an offence under that subsection if he is designated by the Authority as a person who may lawfully engage in the activity.
(4)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable—
(a)on summary conviction—
(i)to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or
(ii)to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or
(iii)to both;
(b)on conviction on indictment—
(i)to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years, or
(ii)to a fine, or
(iii)to both.
(5)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (2) shall be liable on summary conviction—
(a)to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks, or
(b)to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or
(c)to both.
(6)For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), payment in money or money’s worth to the holder of a licence shall be treated as not being a reward where—
(a)it is in consideration for transporting, removing, preparing, preserving or storing controlled material, and
(b)its receipt by the holder of the licence is not expressly prohibited by the terms of the licence.
(7)References in subsections (1) and (2) to reward, in relation to the supply of any controlled material, do not include payment in money or money’s worth for defraying or reimbursing—
(a)any expenses incurred in, or in connection with, transporting, removing, preparing, preserving or storing the material,
(b)any liability incurred in respect of—
(i)expenses incurred by a third party in, or in connection with, any of the activities mentioned in paragraph (a), or
(ii)a payment in relation to which subsection (6) has effect, or
(c)any expenses or loss of earnings incurred by the person from whose body the material comes so far as reasonably and directly attributable to his supplying the material from his body.
(8)For the purposes of this section, controlled material is any material which—
(a)consists of or includes human cells,
(b)is, or is intended to be removed, from a human body,
(c)is intended to be used for the purpose of transplantation, and
(d)is not of a kind excepted under subsection (9).
(9)The following kinds of material are excepted—
(a)gametes,
(b)embryos, and
(c)material which is the subject of property because of an application of human skill.
(10)Where the body of a deceased person is intended to be used to provide material which—
(a)consists of or includes human cells, and
(b)is not of a kind excepted under subsection (9),
for use for the purpose of transplantation, the body shall be treated as controlled material for the purposes of this section.
(11)In this section—
“advertisement” includes any form of advertising whether to the public generally, to any section of the public or individually to selected persons;
“reward” means any description of financial or other material advantage.
Commencement Information
I1S. 32 in force at 20.10.2005 by S.I. 2005/2792, art. 2(2)(a)
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