Singapore legislation
Regulation 6
of Human Biomedical Research (Requirements for Appropriate Consent — Exemption) Regulations 2019
Regulation 6
Exemption from need for appropriate consent of parent or guardian for storage, use or supply of blood donated by minor
The requirements in sections 8 and 10 of the Act that appropriate consent must be obtained from the adult parent or guardian of a minor do not apply in relation to the storage of tissue for use in research, the supply of tissue for use in research and the use of tissue for research where —
the tissue is the blood of a minor who is of or above 18 years of age;
the tissue was donated by the minor for a therapeutic purpose under a national blood donation programme administered by the Health Sciences Authority established under the Health Sciences Authority Act 2001;
the minor has sufficient understanding and intelligence to enable the minor to understand what is proposed in the research or procedure; and
the minor has given consent and has been informed of the matters in section 12(2) of the Act before the consent was obtained.