Section 15Part 3 — DONATIONS OF TISSUE BY LIVING PERSONS
Revocation of consent
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15. (1) In relation to a consent given for the purposes of this Act, a reference to the donor —
where the consent is given in respect of a child, means the child; and
in any other case, means the person who gave the consent.
A person who gives a consent for the purposes of this Act may at any time thereafter revoke that consent by indicating, either orally or in writing, to a registered medical practitioner who is attending the donor in a professional capacity, that the consent is revoked.
Where a person revokes that person’s consent in accordance with subsection (2), the registered medical practitioner to whom the revocation is communicated, shall immediately inform the medical practitioner proposing to rely on the consent in connection with the removal of tissue from the body of the donor that the consent has been revoked.
Upon being informed by the registered medical practitioner to whom the revocation is communicated that the consent has been revoked, a person who has in that person’s possession the instrument of consent shall surrender to the person who gave the consent —
that instrument; and
if a certificate given in accordance with section 9 or 13(2) is in that person’s possession, that certificate; Human Tissue Transplant Act (2026 Revision) Section 16 c Revised as at 31st December, 2025 Page 13 but a copy of any such instrument or certificate shall be retained in the donor’s medical records.
A registered medical practitioner to whom a person indicates that that person’s consent is revoked under subsection (2) shall immediately record the fact in writing and shall retain the record for not less than three years.