HM Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland Annual Report to the Scottish Ministers 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026

Introduction

The remit of the Inspector is laid out in section 9, Sub-section 2 of the Anatomy Act 1984 as Amended by the Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 and states:

An inspector shall be appointed –

to advise the Scottish Ministers on the exercise of his functions under this Act;

to inspect premises in respect of which licenses are sought under Section 3(1) of the Act in order to ascertain whether the premises are suitable;

to examine applications for licenses under the Act in order to ascertain whether the applicants are suitable;

to inspect premises, in order to ascertain whether any offence has been or is being committed under Section 11(1) or (2) or against regulations under Section 8 (as mentioned in section 11 (4)).

The data contained in this report is for the period 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.