New Zealand Acts

HUMAN TISSUE ACT 2008 - SECT 41

41 Close available relative may raise overriding objection

1 This section applies if a close available relative has given informed consent to—

a) any collection or use of tissue that is, or is from, the body of a dead individual; or

b) any use for a secondary purpose of tissue that is from a living individual.

2 An objection to that collection or use, or to that use for a secondary purpose, of that tissue, may be raised by a person referred to in the paragraph of section 10(1) or (2) that refers to the close available relative.

3 For the purposes of sections 14, 22, 24, and 25 , an objection raised under this section overrides the informed consent given by the close available relative.