Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1997
38AInformation about tissue donation
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38A Information about tissue donation (1) This section applies in relation to a deceased person who was a tissue donor and whose death is or is to be registered under this Act. (2) On request by a next of kin of the deceased person, the registrar-general must include in the register a statement that the person was a tissue donor. (3) The request must be in writing and include information verifying that the deceased person was a tissue donor. next of kin—see the Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1978, dictionary. tissue donor—a deceased person was a tissue donor if tissue was removed from the person’s body under a consent given in accordance with the Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1978, part 3 (Donations of tissue after death).