Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Act 2024

Practice of anatomical examination

65. (1) A person who is named on a licence (in this Part referred to as “responsible person”) granted by the Medical Council to a licensed institution or a person who is authorised by, or under the direction of, a responsible person may, in accordance with this Part, carry out or participate in anatomical examinations.

(2) A person shall not carry out anatomical examinations otherwise than in a licensed institution.

(3) Where a donor donates his or her body to a licensed institution, the institution shall be responsible for the donor’s body or part or parts of that body, as the case may be, from the time that the institution accepts the donation for anatomical examination until such time as the body so donated is buried, cremated, disposed of or returned to the donor’s family as may be appropriate.

(4) A person who contravenes subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence.