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(1)The Secretary of State may make regulations requiring such persons as may be specified in the regulations to supply to such authority as may be so specified such information as may be so specified with respect to transplants that have been or are proposed to be carried out using transplantable material removed from a human body.
(2)Any such authority shall keep a record of information supplied to it in pursuance of regulations under this section.
(3)A person commits an offence if—
(a)he fails without reasonable excuse to comply with regulations under this section, or
(b)in purported compliance with such regulations, he knowingly or recklessly supplies information which is false or misleading in a material respect.
(4)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (3)(a) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(5)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (3)(b) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(6)In this section, “transplantable material” has the same meaning as in section 33.
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