{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-tissue-scotland-act-2006/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-tissue-scotland-act-2006/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2006/4",
  "legislation_title": "Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-tissue-scotland-act-2006",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Express authorisation: adult",
  "text": "(1) An adult may authorise the removal and use of a part of the adult's body after the adult's death for one or more of the purposes referred to in section 3(1) (an “express authorisation”).\n(1A) An express authorisation must—\n(a) if it is for transplantation, be—\n(i) in writing, or\n(ii) given to the register organisation orally or in writing,\n(b) if it is for a purpose referred to in paragraphs (b) to (d) of section 3(1), be in writing.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 6(1) inserted (26.3.2021) by Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 11), ss. 5(2)(a), 29(2); S.S.I. 2021/108, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 6(1A) inserted (26.3.2021) by Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 11), ss. 5(2)(b), 29(2); S.S.I. 2021/108, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 6(2) repealed (26.3.2021) by Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 11), ss. 5(2)(c), 29(2); S.S.I. 2021/108, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 6(3)-(5) repealed (26.3.2021) by Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 11), ss. 20(3), 29(2); S.S.I. 2021/108, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 6(6) repealed (26.3.2021) by Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 11), ss. 27(5)(a), 29(2); S.S.I. 2021/108, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 6 title substituted (26.3.2021) by Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 11), ss. 5(3), 29(2); S.S.I. 2021/108, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 6 in force at 1.9.2006 by S.S.I. 2006/251, art. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2006/4/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:16.778192+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."
}