# The Human Tissue Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2005, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides for the coming into force of section 47 of the Human Tissue Act 2004 (c. 30) on 3 October 2005. Section 47 gives power to nine museums to transfer from their collections human remains which they reasonably believe to be remains of a person who died less than one thousand years before the day on which section 47 comes into force.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2632/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/human-tissue-act-2004-commencement-no-2-order-2005/note
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