2015 No. 1775 (W. 247)
The Human Transplantation (Excluded Relevant Material) (Wales) Regulations 2015
Made
Coming into force at
The Welsh Ministers in exercise of their powers in sections 7(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, application and interpretation1
1
The title of these Regulations is the Human Transplantation (Excluded Relevant Material) (Wales) Regulations 2015 and they come into force at 00:01 on 1 December 2015.
2
These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.
3
In these Regulations—
“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Human Transplantation (Wales) Act 2013.
Excluded relevant material2
1
This regulation is subject to the exceptions in paragraph (4).
2
For the purposes of section 7(2) of the Act the whole or part of the following composite tissues (“excluded composite tissues”) are specified as excluded relevant material—
a
brain;
b
spinal cord;
c
face;
d
nose;
e
mouth;
f
arm;
g
upper arm;
h
forearm;
i
hand;
j
finger;
k
leg;
l
thigh;
m
lower leg;
n
foot: or
o
toe.
3
For the purposes of section 7(2) of the Act the whole or part of any of the following is specified as excluded relevant material—
a
ovary;
b
uterus;
c
penis;
d
testicle;
e
foetus;
f
placenta;
g
umbilical cord; or
h
embryo (inside the body).
4
The whole or part of any of the following that forms part of any excluded composite tissues is not excluded relevant material—
a
eye;
b
nervous tissue;
c
artery;
d
bone;
e
muscle;
f
tendon; or
g
skin,
in so far as they are not being used for the transplantation of any excluded composite tissues.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)