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BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 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.

    (4)     In this section:

"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).



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