28Act does not prevent specified removals of tissue, &c.

28 Act does not prevent specified removals of tissue, &c.

(1)  Nothing in this Act applies to or in relation to  –

(a) the removal of tissue from the body of a living person in the course of a procedure or operation carried out, in the interests of the health of the person, by a medical practitioner with the consent, express or implied, given by or on behalf of the person or in circumstances necessary for the preservation of the life of the person;

(b) the use of tissue so removed;

(c) [Section 28 Subsection (1) amended by No. 26 of 2006, Sched. 2, Applied:01 Mar 2007] anything done in pursuance of the Anatomical Examinations Act 2006 ;

(ca) [Section 28 Subsection (1) amended by No. 11 of 2024, s. 14, Applied:05 Sep 2024] the removal of tissue from the body of a person permitted under another Act;

(d) the embalming of the body of a deceased person; or

(e) the preparation, including the restoration of any disfigurement or mutilation, of the body of a deceased person for the purpose of interment or cremation.

(2)  In subsection (1) , tissue has the same meaning as in Part II .