{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anatomy-act-1984/section-4B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anatomy-act-1984/section-4B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/14",
  "legislation_title": "Anatomy Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anatomy-act-1984",
  "path": "section/4B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4B",
  "heading": "Lawful examinations: additional provision",
  "text": "(1) No authority may be given under section 4(2) or 4A(1) in respect of a body by a person entrusted with the body for the purpose only of its interment , cremation or hydrolysis (within the meaning given by section 107 of the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016).\n(2) Authority under section 4(2) or 4A(1) expires at the end of the statutory period (even if the person lawfully in possession of the body concerned authorises its use under section 4(2) or, as the case may be, 4A(1) for a longer or a shorter period or for no particular period).\n(3) In subsection (2), “the statutory period” means the period of 3 years (or such other period as the Scottish Ministers may from time to time by order specify for the purposes of this subsection) beginning with the date of the deceased’s death.\n(4) The power to make an order under subsection (3) shall be exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Scottish Parliament; and no such order shall apply in relation to the body of a person who died before the coming into force of the order.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 4A, 4B inserted (S.) (12.5.2006 for specified purposes, 1.9.2006 in so far as not already in force) by Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 4), ss. 53(6), 62(2); S.S.I. 2006/251, arts. 2, 3, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 4B(1) substituted (2.3.2026) by The Hydrolysis (Scotland) (No. 1) Regulations 2026 (S.S.I. 2026/50), regs. 1(2), 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/14/section/4B",
    "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."
}