{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-tissue-act-northern-ireland-1962-repealed/section-2",
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  "legislation": "apni/1962/19",
  "legislation_title": "Human Tissue Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-tissue-act-northern-ireland-1962-repealed",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Post-mortem examinations.",
  "text": "Subs. (1) rep. by 1992 NI 11\n(2) No post-mortem examination shall be carried out otherwise than by or in accordance with the instructions of a registered medical practitioner, and no post-mortem examination which is not directed or requested by the coroner or any other competent legal authority shall be carried out without the authority of the person lawfully in possession of the body; and section 1(2), (5), (6) and (7) shall, with the necessary modifications, apply with respect to the giving of that authority.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "prosp. insertion by SI 2002/3135"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1962/19/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:32:57.516375+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."
}