31Effect of authority under this Division

#### 31 Effect of authority under this Division 31 Effect of authority under this Division > > (1) An authority under this Division is sufficient authority for a medical practitioner (other than, where the authority was given by a medical practitioner, the medical practitioner by whom the authority was given)— > > > > > (a) to conduct a post-mortem examination of the body of the deceased person referred to in the authority, and > > > > > (b) to remove from that person’s body such tissue as is necessary for the purpose of any such examination. > > > (2) An authority under this Division does not authorise any person to use any tissue removed from a person’s body for any therapeutic, medical or scientific purposes other than the purposes of the post-mortem examination. > > > > Note. > > > > An authority under this Division is not required in respect of anything authorised by or under the [Coroners Act 2009](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2009-041) (see section 36 (4) of this Act). An authority under Division 2 of Part 5 may be given to authorise the use, for therapeutic, medical or scientific purposes, of any tissue removed for the purposes of a post-mortem examination. An authority to use, for therapeutic, medical or scientific purposes, tissue removed for the purposes of a post-mortem examination is not required in respect of small samples of tissue that are retained in the form of tissue slides or tissue blocks (see section 34). > > > (3) (Repealed) > > **s 31:** Am 2003 No 18, Sch 2 \[17\] \[18\]; 2009 No 41, Sch 4.