← Medical (Therapy, Education and Research) Act 1972

Medical (Therapy, Education and Research) Act 1972 s 11

s 11 Rights and duties of donee

11.—(1) A donee may accept or reject a gift of a body or part of a body. (2) If the gift is of a part of the body of a deceased person, the donee must cause the part to be removed without unnecessary mutilation. (3) After removal of the part of the body under subsection (2), custody of the remainder of the body vests in the surviving spouse, next‑of‑kin or other person under obligation to dispose of the body.

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