SCHEDULE 1 - Savings and Transitionals

Section 28

1.    Interpretation

In this Schedule –

commencement day means the day on which this Act commences;

consent under the former Act , in relation to an anatomical examination, means –

(a) a request under section 9(1)(a) of the former Act for an anatomical examination to be made; and

(b) a nomination under section 9(1)(b) of the former Act for a specific person to make an anatomical examination; and

(c) an authorisation under section 9(2) of the former Act of a person to make an anatomical examination;

former Act means the Anatomy Act 1964 as in force immediately before the commencement day;

school of anatomy means a school that, immediately before the commencement day, was an authorized school of anatomy under the former Act;

written consent under the former Act , in relation to an anatomical examination, means –

(a) a written request under section 9(1)(a) of the former Act for an anatomical examination to be made; and

(b) a written nomination under section 9(1)(b) of the former Act for a specific person to make an anatomical examination.

2.    Certain authorisations, &c., cease to have effect

The following matters under the former Act cease to have effect on the commencement day:

(a) a declaration of a person as a chief executive officer in accordance with the definition of "chief executive officer" in section 3 of the former Act;

(b) an authority issued for a school of anatomy under section 5 of the former Act;

(c) a licence granted under section 6 of the former Act;

(d) an appointment as an inspector under section 7 of the former Act;

(e) a request under section 11 of the former Act for the performance of a post-mortem examination.

3.    Consent to anatomical examination under former Act

(1) A body of a deceased person that was the subject of a consent under the former Act immediately before the commencement day is taken to have been accepted for anatomical examination under section 14 of this Act, and that acceptance is taken to have occurred when the body was received by a school of anatomy for anatomical examination under the former Act.

(2) A body that, by virtue of subclause (1) , is taken to have been accepted for anatomical examination under section 14 of this Act may be retained for –

(a) the period that was specified when the consent under the former Act was given; or

(b) if no such period was specified, a period not exceeding 30 months after the day on which the body is taken to have been accepted by virtue of subclause (1) .

(3) The period for which a body may be retained under subclause (2) may be extended under section 19(2) of this Act as if that period were a fixed period.

4.    Written consent to be consent form

A written consent under the former Act that had not been revoked immediately before the commencement day is taken to be a valid consent form for the purposes of this Act.