{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anatomy-act-1984/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anatomy-act-1984/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/14",
  "legislation_title": "Anatomy Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anatomy-act-1984",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Lawful possession.",
  "text": "(1) Subsection (2) applies if ... a request as mentioned in section 4(1), includes permission for possession of parts (or any specified parts) of the person's body to be held after its anatomical examination is concluded.\n(2) If the person lawfully in possession of the body after death has no reason to believe that the permission was withdrawn, he may, in giving authority under section 4(2), give authority for possession to be held in accordance with the permission.\n(3) Authority given under section 4A(1) for the use of an imported body for anatomical examination may include authority for possession of parts (or any specified parts) of the body to be held in accordance with the authority after the examination is concluded.\n(4) It is lawful by virtue of this section to have possession of part of a body if possession is held in accordance with an authority given in pursuance of this section.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 6(1) repealed (S.) (1.9.2006) by Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 4), ss. 53(8)(a)(i), 62(2); S.S.I. 2006/251, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 6(1) substituted (S.) (1.9.2006) by Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 4), ss. 53(8)(a)(ii), 62(2); S.S.I. 2006/251, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 6(1) substituted (S.) (1.9.2006) by Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 4), ss. 53(8)(a)(iii), 62(2); S.S.I. 2006/251, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 6(3) substituted (S.) (1.9.2006) by Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 4), ss. 53(8)(b), 62(2); S.S.I. 2006/251, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 6(2) applied (S.) (1.9.2006) by The Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 (Anatomy Act 1984 Transitional Provisions) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/340), arts. 1(1), 2, 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/14/section/6",
    "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."
}