{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anatomy-act-1984/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anatomy-act-1984/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/14",
  "legislation_title": "Anatomy Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anatomy-act-1984",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Licences.",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may grant a licence for the use of premises for carrying out anatomical examinations.\n(2) The Secretary of State may grant a licence to a person to do one or both of the following:—\n(a) carry out anatomical examinations;\n(b) have possession of anatomical specimens.\n(3) A person is authorised under this subsection to carry out an anatomical examination if—\n(a) at the time of the examination he is licensed to carry it out under subsection (2)(a), or\n(b) he ... has permission (general or particular) to carry out the examination from a person who is so licensed at the time of the examination.\n(4) A person is authorised under this subsection to have possession of an anatomical specimen if—\n(a) at the time he has possession he is licensed to do so under subsection (2)(b), or\n(b) he has, from a person who is so licensed at that time, permission (general or particular) to have such possession.\n(5) A person to whom a licence has been granted under subsection (2)\nshall—\n(a) compile such records in relation to anatomical examinations and anatomical specimens as may be specified by regulations made by the Secretary of State, and\n(b) retain for such period as may be so specified any records compiled in accordance with paragraph (a).\n(6) The power to make regulations under subsection (5) shall be exercisable be statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(3)(b) repealed (S.) (1.9.2006) by Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 4), ss. 53(4), 62(2); S.S.I. 2006/251, art. 3"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/14/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:03:59.536604+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}