The Human Tissue Act 2004 (Ethical Approval, Exceptions from Licensing and Supply of Information about Transplants) Regulations 2006

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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Human Tissue Act 2004 (Ethical Approval, Exceptions from Licensing and Supply of Information about Transplants) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 1st September 2006.

(2) In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Human Tissue Act 2004;

“donor” and “recipient” have the meaning given by regulation 4; and

“research ethics authority” means—

(a)

an ethics committee established or recognised in accordance with Part 2 of the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004 M1, or

(b)

any other committee established or person appointed—

(i)

to advise on, or on matters which include, the ethics of research investigations on relevant material which has come from a human body, and

(ii)

recognised for that purpose by, or on behalf of, the—

(aa)

Secretary of State,

(bb)

National Assembly for Wales, or

(cc)

Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety;

“transplantable material” has the meaning given in regulation 9 of the Human Tissue Act 2004 (Persons who Lack Capacity to Consent and Transplants) Regulations 2006 M2.

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