The Human Tissue Act 2004 (Commencement No.5 and Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2006

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This Order has been made in consequence of a defect in SI 2006/1997 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Order.

"the fifth Commencement Order" means the Human Tissue Act 2004 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006[3].

Amendment of the fifth Commencement Order
     2. —(1) The fifth Commencement Order shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.

    (2) In article 3(1), for the words "articles 4 and 7", there shall be substituted "articles 4, 7 and 8".

    (3) After article 7 there shall be added—

" Transitional arrangements: organ transplants between genetically related persons
     8. —(1) Paragraph (2) applies in a case where—


(a) an organ is proposed to be transplanted from a living person ("the donor") to another person ("the recipient");

(b) the registered medical practitioner who has clinical responsibility for the donor has received a statement in writing before 1st September 2006 that a tester is satisfied that the donor and recipient are genetically related in accordance with—


(i) regulation 2 of the Human Organ Transplants (Establishment of Relationship) Regulations 1998[4], or

(ii) regulation 2 of the Human Organ Transplants (Establishment of Relationship) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998[5]; and



(c) the organ is removed from the donor before 28th February 2007 for transplant into the recipient.



    (2) Section 33(1) and (2) of the Act do not have effect for the purposes of a case mentioned in paragraph (1).

    (3) In this article a person is genetically related to—



(a) his natural parents and children;

(b) his brothers and sisters of the whole or half blood;

(c) the brothers and sisters of the whole or half blood of either of his natural parents; and

(d) the natural children of his brothers and sisters of the whole or half blood or of the brothers and sisters of the whole or half blood of either of his natural parents.



    (4) In this article—



"organ" means any part of a human body consisting of a structured arrangement of tissues which, if wholly removed, cannot be replicated by the body;
"tester" means a person who has been approved by—
(a) the Secretary of State, or

(b) the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety



as competent both to specify and to interpret the results of genetic tests.".

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health


Warner
Minister of State Department of Health

5th August 2006

[2] See section 54(1), which defines "relevant Northern Ireland Department" as the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety.back

[3] S.I. 2006/1997 (c.68).back

[4] S.I. 1998/1428.back

[5] S.R. 1998/389.back