LegalizeHUMAN TISSUE (TRANSPLANTATION, POST-MORTEM, ANATOMICAL EXAMINATION AND PUBLIC DISPLAY) ACT 2024
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1 amending act · 2026-07-01, HEALTH (AMENDMENT) (HOME SUPPORT PROVIDERS) ACT 2026
Act to provide for the removal, donation and use of organs and tissues and cells from deceased and living persons for the purposes of transplantation; to make provision for the establishment and maintenance of a register in respect of certain organs whereby persons who do not wish to donate certain organs after death may register objection to donation of such organs; to provide for the establishment of a panel of persons to oversee certain proposed donations in respect of certain persons; to make provision for the carrying out of post-mortems in hospital settings and the regulation of such activity; to make provision for the donation by living persons of their bodies after death for the purposes of anatomical examination or public display; to provide for the establishment of a licensing system in respect of persons undertaking anatomical examinations or public display activities; to provide that consent is pre-requisite for all procedures involving human organs and tissues and cells and for procedures relating to carrying out of anatomical examinations or public display activities; to make provision for the protection of the bodily integrity of persons before and after death; to provide for the monitoring and enforcement of compliance with these and other matters; and, for these and other purposes, to amend the Medical Practitioners Act 2007, the Coroners Act 1962, the European Communities (Quality and Safety of Human Tissues and Cells) Regulations 2006, the European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012 and certain other enactments; to repeal the Anatomy Act 1832; and to provide for related matters.
- (a) may be processed for as long as it is required for such prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution, and
- (b) shall be permanently deleted after it is no longer required for such prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution.
- (8) The Minister may for the purposes of this Act, prescribe by regulations—
- (a) the personal data that may be processed,
- (b) the circumstances in which the personal data may be processed, including specifying the persons to whom the data may be disclosed, and
- (c) such other conditions (if any) as the Minister considers appropriate to impose on such processing.
- (9) In this section—
“Act of 2018” means the Data Protection Act 2018;
“Data Protection Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 20161 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation);
“licensed institution” has the same meaning as it has in section 61;
“Part 5 licence holder” has the same meaning as it has in section 84;
“personal data” has the meaning it has in the General Data Protection Regulation;
“processing”, in relation to personal data, has the meaning it has in the General Data Protection Regulation.
Footnotes
OJ No. L 119, 4.5.2016, p.1.
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