Ibid. Part 1 Subsection (1)(f). ‘The following activity shall be lawful if done with appropriate consent — ‘the use for a purpose specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of any relevant material which has come from a human body.’.
4.
Ibid. Schedule 1 Part 1(6). ‘Research in connection with disorders, or the functioning, of the human body.’.
5.
Ibid. Part 1 Subsection (8). ‘Subsection (1)(f) does not apply to the use of relevant material for the purpose of research in connection with disorders, or the functioning, of the human body if — (a) the material has come from the body of a living person, and (b) the research falls within subsection (9).’.
6.
Ibid. Section 1 Subsection (9). ‘Research falls within this subsection if — (a) it is ethically approved in accordance with regulations made by the Secretary of State, and (b) it is to be, or is, carried out in circumstances such that the person carrying it out is not in possession, and is not likely to come into possession, of information from which the person from whose body the material has come can be identified.’.
Human Tissue Act2004 (Ethical approval, exceptions from licensing and supply of information about transplants) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1260). Available at www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2006/20061260.htm.
