Statutory Instrument 2005 No. 2632 (C. 108)

The Human Tissue Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2005

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2005 No. 2632 (C. 108)

HUMAN TISSUE

MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES

The Human Tissue Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2005

Made

22nd September 2005

The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 60(2) of the Human Tissue Act 2004[1], hereby makes the following Order:

Citation
    1.This Order may be cited as the Human Tissue Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2005.

Appointed day
    2.Section 47 of the Human Tissue Act 2004 shall come into force on 3rd October 2005.


Richard Caborn
Minister of State Department for Culture, Media and Sport

22nd September 2005

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the coming into force of section 47 of the Human Tissue Act 2004 (c.30) on 3 October 2005. Section 47 gives power to nine museums to transfer from their collections human remains which they reasonably believe to be remains of a person who died less than one thousand years before the day on which section 47 comes into force.

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NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

          

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No.
Section 13	1 April 2005	2005/919 (C40)
Section 14	1 April 2005	2005/919 (C40)
Section 15	1 April 2005	2005/919 (C40)
Section 26	1 April 2005	2005/919 (C40)
Section 27	1 April 2005	2005/919 (C40)
Section 28	1 April 2005	2005/919 (C40)
Section 29	1 April 2005	2005/919 (C40)
Section 35	1 April 2005	2005/919 (C40)
Section 36	1 April 2005	2005/919 (C40)
Section 38	1 April 2005	2005/919 (C40)
Section 39, partially	1 April 2005	2005/919 (C40)
Section 40, partially	1 April 2005	2005/919 (C40)
Section 41, partially	1 April 2005	2005/919 (C40)
Section 42	1 April 2005	2005/919 (C40)
Section 52, partially	1 April 2005	2005/919 (C40)
Section 53, partially	1 April 2005	2005/919 (C40)
Section 54, partially	1 April 2005	2005/919 (C40)
Section 55	1 April 2005	2005/919 (C40)
Schedule 1	1 April 2005	2005/919 (C40)
Schedule 2	1 April 2005	2005/919 (C40)
Schedule 6, paragraph 6	1 April 2005	2005/919 (C40)

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Notes:

[1] 2004 c.30.back

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