ANNO TERTIO
ELIZABETHAE II REGINAE
A.D. 1954
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No. 25 of 1954.
An Act to amend the Anatomy Act, 1884-1954.
[Assented to 2nd December, 1954.]
BE IT ENACTED by the Governor of the State of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Parliament thereof, as follows :
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the" Anatomy Act Shorttitles.
Amendment Act (No.2), 1954".
(2) The Anatomy Act, 1884-1954, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the" Anatomy Act, 1884-1954".
(3) The Anatomy Act, 1884-1954, is hereinafter referred to as " the principal Act".
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2. This Act is incorporated with the principal Act and that Incorporation •.
Act and this Act shall be read as one Act.
3. The following heading and section are enacted and Enactment of
. ted' th . , l A b t . h f d 8. 18b of lUSer In e pnnClpa ct e ween sectIOn 18a t ereo an principal Act- the heading" Miscellaneous." therein : -
Transplanting of Tissue other than Eyes.
18b. An authority may be Diven for the removal of Removal of
. . h h f b d~ £, h ' tissue other
~lsStuhe ot er t an eyeds rOb~ a 0 Yh or t erapeUd~l? purposes t~~ ~es from III e same wayan su Ject to t e same con ItIOns as an deceased
authority may be given under section 18a of this Act for person.
the removal of eyes from a body for those purposes, and references in that section to the eyes of a body shall be deemed to include tissue of the body other than eyes:
Provided that where the deceased person has expressed a
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request that any specified tissue of his body be used for:
therapeutic purposes, that request shall not be deemed to?
permit authority to be given for the removal of any other tissue.
4. Section 3 of this Act shall come into force at the same"
time as the Anatomy Act Amendment Act, 1954.
In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I assent to this Bill.
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f..R. A. GEORGE, Governor.
