Part 2Regulation of activities involving human tissue

Exceptions

I1I2I3I440Religious relics

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.