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

Citation, commencement and interpretation E+W+N.I.

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

[F1 “research ethics authority” means—

(a)

a research ethics committee recognised or established by or on behalf of the Health Research Authority under the Care Act 2014, or

(b)

any other group of persons which assesses the ethics of research involving individuals and which is recognised for that purpose by or on behalf of the Welsh Ministers or the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland.]

“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 M1 .

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 1 substituted (1.1.2015) by The Care Act 2014 (c. 23), s. 127, Sch. 8, para. 8 (with s. 119(3)); S.I. 2014/2473, art. 5(n)

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 2006/1659.