2015 No. 1774 (W. 246)
The Human Transplantation (Persons who Lack Capacity to Consent) (Wales) Regulations 2015
Made
Coming into force at
The Welsh Ministers in exercise of their powers in sections 9(2) and 20(1) and (2) of the Human Transplantation (Wales) Act 20131 and having carried out such public consultation as they consider appropriate in accordance with section 20(3) of that Act make the following Regulations.
In accordance with section 20(4) of that Act, a draft of these Regulations has been laid before and approved by a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.
Title, commencement and application1
1
The title of these Regulations is the Human Transplantation (Persons who Lack Capacity to Consent) (Wales) Regulations 2015 and they come into force at 00:01 on 1 December 2015.
2
These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.
Deemed consent to storage and use of relevant material2
1
This regulation applies in any case falling within paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 9(1) of the Human Transplantation (Wales) Act 2013 (storage and use involving material from adults who lack capacity to consent).
2
An adult (“P”) who lacks capacity to consent to an activity of a kind mentioned in section 3(2)(c) or (d) of that Act (storage or use of relevant material from a human body for the purpose of transplantation) which involves material from P’s body, is deemed to have consented to the activity where the activity is done by a person who is acting in what they reasonably believe to be P’s best interests.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)