Human Tissue Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Human Tissue (Supply of Information about Transplants) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 1 July 2025. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations— “ the Act ” means the Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006, “ donor ” means a person who donates one or more organs, whether donation occurs during lifetime or after death, “ recipient ” means a person who receives a transplant of one or more organs, “ relevant clinician ” means any of the following, whether practising as such a clinician in a transplant centre or a non-transplant centre— a specialist nurse involved in living donor care, a specialist nurse involved in recipient care, a transplant surgeon, a physician involved in living donor care, a physician involved in recipient care. Supply of information regarding suspected offences 3 1 Notwithstanding any obligation of confidence owed by the relevant clinician, where a relevant clinician has reasonable suspicion that one or more of the offences in paragraph (2) may have been committed, the clinician must, as soon as reasonably practicable, supply to the Human Tissue Authority such information specified in schedule 1 as is known by the relevant clinician. 2 The offences are those contained in— a section 17 (restrictions on transplants involving live donor) of the Act, b section 20 (prohibition on commercial dealings in parts of a human body for transplantation etc.) of the Act, c section 20A (offences under section 20 committed outside UK) of the Act, d section 1 (offence of human trafficking) of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015 , where section 3(6) (exploitation for purposes of offence of human trafficking) of that Act applies in relation to the person. 3 Paragraph (1) does not apply where— a the reasonable suspicion arose other than in the course of the relevant clinician’s profession, b the relevant clinician has reason to believe that another relevant clinician has previously supplied information to the Human Tissue Authority in connection with the same suspected offence. Supply of information about organ transplants performed outside the United Kingdom 4 1 Notwithstanding any obligation of confidence owed by the relevant clinician, where the conditions in paragraph (2) are met, the relevant clinician must, as soon as reasonably practicable, supply to the Human Tissue Authority such information specified in schedule 2 as is known by the relevant clinician. 2 The conditions are— a in the course of their profession, the relevant clinician becomes aware of an organ transplant having taken place outside the United Kingdom, and b the recipient is— i habitually resident in Scotland, whether they are a United Kingdom national or not, or ii a United Kingdom national who is not habitually resident in Scotland. 3 In this regulation “ United Kingdom national ” means an individual who is— a a British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British National (Overseas) or a British Overseas citizen , b a person who under the British Nationality Act 1981 is a British subject, c a British protected person within the meaning of that Act. 4 Paragraph (1) does not apply if the relevant clinician has reason to believe that another relevant clinician has previously supplied information to the Human Tissue Authority in connection with the same organ transplant as referred to in paragraph (2)(a). JENNI MINTO Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 30th April 2025