# The Anatomy (Specified Persons and Museums for Public Display) (Scotland) Order 2006

S.S.I. 2006/328 · made 7 June 2006

This Order specifies persons responsible for the operation or control of specified museums for the purposes of section 6A(2) of the Anatomy Act 1984 (“the Act”). This Order comes into force on 1st September 2006.

Made under: Anatomy Act 1984 (Section 6A)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/anatomy-specified-persons-and-museums-for-public-display-scotland-order-2006/pdf/ssi_20060328_en.pdf; Executive Note https://openlegislation.uk/anatomy-specified-persons-and-museums-for-public-display-scotland-order-2006/pdf/ssien_20060328_en.pdf

## Introductory text

ANATOMY
Made 7th June 2006
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 9th June 2006
Coming into force 1st September 2006
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6A(2) of the Anatomy Act 1984, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

## 1 Citation and commencement.

This Order may be cited as the Anatomy (Specified Persons and Museums for Public Display) (Scotland) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1st September 2006.

## 2 Specified persons and museums

The persons specified in column 1 of the Schedule, being persons responsible for the operation or control of the museums specified in the opposite entry in column 2 of the Schedule, are specified for the purposes of section 6A(2) of the Anatomy Act 1984.

## Signature

LEWIS MACDONALD
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
7th June 2006

## Specified Persons and Specified Museums

Column 1
Column 2
Specified persons responsible for the operation or control of museums
Specified Museums
Board of Trustees of the National Museums of Scotland
National Museums of Scotland
City of Glasgow Council
City of Glasgow Council museums
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
University of Aberdeen
University of Aberdeen museums
University of Dundee
University of Dundee museums
University of Dundee and Tayside Health Board
Medical History Museum
University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh museums
University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow museums
University of St. Andrews
University of St. Andrews museums

## Explanatory note

This note is not part of the Order
This Order specifies persons responsible for the operation or control of specified museums for the purposes of section 6A(2) of the Anatomy Act 1984 (“the Act”). This Order comes into force on 1st September 2006.
Section 6A(1) of the Act prohibits a person from publicly displaying an anatomical specimen, a body or part of a body which has been used for anatomical examination, or a body or part of a body which has been used outwith Scotland for anatomical examination or examination which has the characteristics of anatomical examination. Section 6A(3) to (8) of the Act provide for certain circumstances where that prohibition is disapplied. Those circumstances include a requirement that the display be authorised by a licence granted by the Scottish Ministers under section 6A(9) of the Act.
The persons specified in article 2 and the Schedule, responsible for the operation or control of the museums specified there, are not required to have such a public display authorised by a licence granted by the Scottish Ministers under section 6A(9) of the Act.

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