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ANATOMY ACT 1977 - SECT 12
Disposal of bodies
12 Disposal of bodies
(1) The holder of a licence must dispose of any body which is in the holder's
possession for anatomical examination (including any human tissue from that
body): (a) within 4 years after the death of the deceased person, or
(b) in
accordance with the terms of an authorisation granted under subsection (2).
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
(2) An inspector may, by instrument in
writing, authorise the following: (a) the retention of a body for
anatomical examination for a period specified by the inspector, being a period
that does not end more than 8 years after the death of the deceased person,
(b) the retention of human tissue from a body (whether for a specified period
or otherwise).
(2A) An inspector must, in exercising his or her functions
under subsection (2): (a) consider the purposes for which retention of the
body, or human tissue, is sought, and
(b) ensure that any authorisation
granted by the inspector complies with the terms and any conditions of the
authority under section 8 or 8A that initially authorised the retention of the
body for anatomical examination.
(2B) The holder of a licence must: (a)
comply with any terms or conditions that are imposed by an inspector in
granting an authorisation under subsection (2), and
(b) enter in the register
kept by the holder opposite the particulars relating to the body the fact that
the authority has been given and the terms and conditions to which the
authority is subject.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
(3) Where the
holder of a licence disposes of a body which has been in the holder's
possession for anatomical examination, the holder shall dispose of the body as
far as practicable in accordance with any wishes of the deceased but if that
is not practicable, or if the deceased has expressed no such wishes, the body
shall be disposed of as far as practicable in accordance with any wishes of
the senior available next of kin of the deceased. Maximum penalty: 10 penalty
units.
(4) The holder of a licence shall, forthwith after disposing of a body
which has been in the holder's possession for anatomical examination, enter in
the register kept by the holder opposite the particulars relating to that
body: (a) the fact that the body was disposed of,
(b) the date on which the
body was disposed of, and
(c) the name and address of the person engaged to
dispose of the body.
Maximum penalty for an offence against this subsection:
10 penalty units.
(5) This section does not require the disposal of
human tissue if the permanent retention of the tissue has been expressly
authorised: (a) by the consent in writing of the deceased person given during
his or her lifetime (except in the case of a deceased child), or
(b) by the
consent in writing of the senior available next of kin of the deceased person.
(6) This section does not require the disposal of any small samples of
human tissue that are retained in the form of tissue slides or tissue blocks
that enable microscopic examination of the tissue.
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