Section 2 Control of examinations and possession.
England, Wales and Scotland
No person shall carry out an anatomical examination unless—
he carries it out on premises which at the time of the examination are licensed under section 3(1),
he is authorised to carry it out under section 3(3),
at the time the examination is carried out it is lawful by virtue of F1sections 4 to 4B, and
death has been registered, in the case of the body concerned, under F2section 22 of the 1965 Act or, where the body concerned is an imported body, death has been registered or recorded (or the equivalent) under the law concerning such matters applicable in the country or territory in which the person died.
Subject to subsection (3), no person shall have an anatomical specimen in his possession unless—
he is authorised to have possession under section 3(4),
anatomical examination of the specimen is at the time concerned lawful by virtue of F3sections 4 to 4B, and
a certificate of cause of death has been F4attested, in the case of the body concerned, in accordance with F5section 24 of the 1965 Act or, where the body concerned is an imported body, a certificate or other document having the equivalent effect has been issued under the law concerning such matters applicable in the country or territory in which the person died.
Subsection (2) does not apply where a person come into lawful possession of a body immediately after death and retained possession prior to its removal to the place where anatomical examination is to take place.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 2(1)(c) substituted (S.) (1.9.2006) by Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 4), ss. 53(3)(a)(i), 62(2); S.S.I. 2006/251, art. 3
- F2
Words in s. 2(1)(d) substituted (S.) (1.9.2006) by Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 4), ss. 53(3)(a)(ii), 62(2); S.S.I. 2006/251, art. 3
- F3
Words in s. 2(2)(b) substituted (S.) (1.9.2006) by Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 4), ss. 53(3)(b)(i), 62(2); S.S.I. 2006/251, art. 3
- F4
Word in s. 2(2)(c) substituted (S.) (1.1.2007) by The Registration Services (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/596), arts. 1, 3
- F5
Words in s. 2(2)(c) substituted (S.) (1.9.2006) by Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 4), ss. 53(3)(b)(ii), 62(2); S.S.I. 2006/251, art. 3
- F6
Words in s. 2(4) repealed (S.) (1.9.2006) by Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 4), ss. 53(3)(c), 62(2); S.S.I. 2006/251, art. 3
Marginal citations
- M1
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F1
Act repealed (E.W.) (1.9.2006) by Human Tissue Act 2004 (c. 30), ss. 59(8)(9), 60(2), Sch. 7 Pt. 1 (with s. 58); S.I. 2006/1997, art. 3(2) (with arts. 4, 7, 8)