Application of amendments to section 12
3 Application of amendments to section 12
The amendments made to section 12 by the Human Tissue and Anatomy Legislation Amendment Act 2003 are taken to extend to a body that is in the possession of a holder of a licence for anatomical examination immediately before the commencement of those amendments, including any human tissue from that body.
If such a body has been retained for more than 4 years after the death of the person (under an authority granted under former section 12 (2)), new section 12 (1) applies as if a reference in that subsection to the death of the deceased person were a reference to the commencement of new section 12 (1).
In this clause:
former section 12 (2) means section 12 (2) as in force immediately before its substitution by the Human Tissue and Anatomy Legislation Amendment Act 2003.
new section 12 (1) means section 12 (1) as substituted by the Human Tissue and Anatomy Legislation Amendment Act 2003.
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