New Zealand Acts

HUMAN TISSUE ACT 2008 - SECT 7

7 Human tissue defined and illustrated

1
"Human tissue" or
"tissue" means material that—

a) is, or is derived from, a body, or material collected from a living individual or from a body; and

b) is or includes human cells; and

c) is not excluded, for the purposes of some or all of the provisions of this Act, by subsection (2) or (3).

2 A human embryo or human gamete is not human tissue for the purposes of any provision of this Act.

3 Cell lines derived from human cells are human tissue for the purposes of the following sections, but not for the purposes of any other provisions of this Act:

a) sections 47 and 74 (which relate to standards for collection or use of human tissue for non-therapeutic purposes):

b) sections 66 and 75 (which relate to standards, etc, for export and import of human tissue).

4 Examples of human tissue therefore include the following:

a) all or any part of a body:

b) whole human organs (for example, hearts, kidneys, livers, and lungs) or parts of them (for example, heart valves):

c) human stem cells or other human cells (for example, stem cells obtained from human embryos):

d) human blood:

e) human bone marrow:

f) human eyes:

g) human hair, nails, and skin:

h) human lung washouts:

i) human mucus, sputum, or urine.