Organ and Tissue Donation (Deemed Consent) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022

2022 Chapter 10

An Act to amend the Human Tissue Act 2004 concerning consent to activities done for the purpose of transplantation and make consequential amendments about the provision of information about such consent.

Enacted [30th March 2022]

BE IT ENACTED by being passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly and assented to by Her Majesty as follows:

^I1^I31 “Appropriate consent” to adult transplant activities¶

1 Section 3 of the Human Tissue Act 2004 (“appropriate consent”: adults) is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (5).

2 In subsection (6)—

a in paragraph (ba), after “(6A)” insert “or (6AA)”;

b in paragraph (c), after “(6A)” insert “or (6AA)”.

3 After subsection (6A), insert—

4 After subsection (9), insert—

5 In subsection (10), after “(9)” insert “or (9A)”.

6 In section 52 of the Human Tissue Act 2004 (orders and regulations)—

a after subsection (4A), insert—

;

b after subsection (10), insert—

7 In section 15 of the the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (duty to promote transplantation), at the end add—

8 In section 16(3)(a) of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (annual report on transplantation must, at least once every five years, address whether the Act has been effective in promoting transplantation), for “has” substitute “, and the amendments made in section 3 of the Human Tissue Act 2004 by the Organ and Tissue Donation (Deemed Consent) Act (Northern Ireland) 2021, have”.

^I22 Commencement and short title¶

1 This section comes into operation on the day after the day on which this Act receives Royal Assent.

2 Section 1 comes into operation on such day or days as the Department of Health may by order appoint.

3 This Act may be cited as the Organ and Tissue Donation (Deemed Consent) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022.

Footnotes

I1
S. 1 not in operation at Royal Assent, see s. 2(2)
I2
S. 2 in operation at 31.3.2022, see s. 2(1)
I3
S. 1 in operation at 13.2.2023 by S.R. 2023/14, art. 2