Human Tissue Act 2004 (c. 30)

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

Exceptions E+W+N.I.

40 Religious relics E+W+N.I.

(1) This section applies—

(a) to the use of—

(i) the body of a deceased person, or

(ii) relevant material which has come from a human body,

for the purpose of public display at a place of public religious worship or at a place associated with such a place, and

(b) to the storage of—

(i) the body of a deceased person, or

(ii) relevant material which has come from a human body,

for use for the purpose mentioned in paragraph (a).

(2) An activity to which this section applies is excluded from sections 14(1) and 16(2) if there is a connection between—

(a) the body or material to which the activity relates, and

(b) the religious worship which takes place at the place of public religious worship concerned.

(3) For the purposes of this section, a place is associated with a place of public religious worship if it is used for purposes associated with the religious worship which takes place there.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 40 in force at 1.4.2005 for specified purposes by S.I. 2005/919, art. 3, Sch. (with art. 2)

I2 S. 40 in force at 20.10.2005 for specified purposes by S.I. 2005/2792, art. 2(2)(j)