{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-tissue-act-2004/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-tissue-act-2004/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/30",
  "legislation_title": "Human Tissue Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-tissue-act-2004",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part 1",
  "text": "In this Part, “excepted material” means material which has—\n(a) come from the body of a living person, or\n(b) come from the body of a deceased person otherwise than in the course of use of the body for the purpose of anatomical examination.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 12 in force at 20.10.2005 for specified purposes by S.I. 2005/2792, art. 2(2)(j)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 12 in force at 1.9.2006 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2006/1997, art. 3(2) (with arts. 4, 7, 8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/30/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:57.129059+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}