Policy background Section 2: Consequential amendments
The purpose of these provisions is to ensure that any organs and tissues removed in England for transplantation purposes can be stored and used wherever needed across the UK, even where there was deemed rather than express consent to the removal of the organ. While the current legislative frameworks in respect of Wales and Scotland already allow for this to happen, without these amendments, only organs and tissues removed in England with express consent from the deceased, their representative or a family member or friend could be stored or used in Northern Ireland for transplantation purposes.
	This section also places a duty on the Human Tissue Authority to issue Codes of Practice to provide practical guidance about how deemed consent will work in practice, including the information a person in a qualifying relationship (partners, certain family members or a friend of long standing) would need to provide as evidence that the deceased person would not have agreed to their organs being donated.
	This section amends the 2004 Act to set out that the delegated power under section 1(5) for the Secretary of State to make regulations to specify relevant material to which deemed consent will not apply, is subject to the affirmative resolution procedure. It also sets out with whom the Secretary of State must consult on such regulations.