Human Tissue and Transplantation (Excluded Material) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Ordinance, 2022

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The Human Tissue and Transplantation (Excluded Material) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Ordinance, 2022

THE States, in pursuance of their Resolution of the 28^th November, 2018[a], and in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 21, 27 and 31 of the Human Tissue and Transplantation (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2020[b] and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby order: -

Excluded material.

1. (1) Each of the following is excluded material for the purposes of the Human Tissue and Transplantation (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2020 ("the Law") -

(a) the whole of, or a visibly recognisable part of, any of the following body parts -

(i) brain,

(ii) spinal cord,

(iii) face (other than the eyes),

(iv) arm,

(v) hand,

(vi) leg, and

(vii) foot,

(b) any other human tissue (including skin or internal tissue), but only if it is being removed for the purpose of the transplantation of material described in paragraph (a),

(d) ovary, uterus, penis, testicle, foetus, placenta and umbilical cord.

(2) In this section, "internal tissue" includes, but is not limited to, bone, muscle, nervous tissue, arteries and tendons.

Extent.

2. This Ordinance shall have effect throughout the Bailiwick of Guernsey.

Citation.

3. This Ordinance may be cited as the Human Tissue and Transplantation (Excluded Material) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Ordinance, 2022.

Commencement.

4. This Ordinance shall come into force on the 1^st January, 2023.

[a]	Article XIV of Billet d'État No. XXV of 2018.
[b]	Order in Council No. III of 2021.