Section 5Part 2 — THE HUMAN TISSUE TRANSPLANT COUNCIL
Functions of the Council
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The principal functions of the Council are —
to advise the Minister responsible for health on policy relating to the collection and use of human tissue for medical purposes in the Islands;
to monitor the donation of tissue by living persons and the removal of tissue from deceased persons;
to regulate and supervise any business carried on in or from within the Islands in respect of the buying of tissue or the right to take tissue from the bodies of persons;
to monitor compliance with this Act; and
to perform any other duties that may be provided in this Act or as may be specified by the Cabinet, from time to time.
In carrying out its functions under this Act, the Council may —
collaborate with such persons as it considers necessary in the collection, compilation and publication of statistics relating to the collection and use of human tissue for medical purposes in the Islands; and
with the approval of the Cabinet, enter into arrangements with any department of the Government for the use of the personnel, facilities and services of that department to any extent not incompatible with that department's operation.
No publication of statistics under subsection (2) shall contain any particulars so arranged as to enable any person to identify any particulars relating to any individual person.
Neither the Council, nor any member or employee of the Council, shall be liable in damages for anything done or omitted in the discharge or purported discharge of their respective functions, responsibilities, powers and duties under this Act unless it is shown that the act or omission was in bad faith.