{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-tissue-scotland-act-2006/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-tissue-scotland-act-2006/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2006/4",
  "legislation_title": "Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-tissue-scotland-act-2006",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Authorisation: child 12 years of age or over",
  "text": "(1) A child who is 12 years of age or over may authorise the removal and use of a part of the child's body after the child's death for one or more of the purposes referred to in section 3(1).\n(1A) An authorisation by virtue of subsection (1) 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(1B) If there is in force immediately before a child becomes an adult an authorisation by virtue of subsection (1) by the child, the authorisation is to be treated as an express authorisation by virtue of section 6(1) once the child becomes an adult.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 8(1A)(1B) inserted (26.3.2021) by Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 11), ss. 13(2), 29(2); S.S.I. 2021/108, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 8(2) repealed (26.3.2021) by Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 11), ss. 13(3), 29(2); S.S.I. 2021/108, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 8(3)-(6) repealed (26.3.2021) by Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 11), ss. 20(4), 29(2); S.S.I. 2021/108, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 8(7) repealed (26.3.2021) by Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 11), ss. 27(5)(b), 29(2); S.S.I. 2021/108, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 8 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/8",
    "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."
}