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.