The Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 (Maintenance of Records and Supply of Information Regarding the Removal and Use of Body Parts) Regulations 2006
These Regulations replace the Human Organ Transplants (Supply of Information) Regulations 1989, made under section 3(1) of the Human Organ Transplants Act 1989 (that Act is repealed by the Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”) (section 61 and the Schedule)). They come into force on 1st September 2006, being the date on which the 2006 Act comes into force (by S.S.I. 2006/251). They make provision for–the maintenance of records regarding the removal of parts from human bodies for transplantation and the use or retention, for any other purpose referred to in section 3(1) of the 2006 Act, of parts removed from bodies of deceased or living persons;the provision of information as may be so specified with respect to the removal of parts from human bodies for transplantation, the use or retention for that purpose of parts removed or the use or retention for any other purpose referred to in section 3(1) of the 2006 Act of parts removed from bodies of deceased or living persons.