administered or product was supplied to a likely to contain person— HIV, Hepatitis C or a prescribed (a) blood disease (as the supplied by case may be); and the Society (b) did not take or a health reasonable steps service; to ensure that the (b) or a blood blood or blood product product was not derived from administered to, blood so or used by, any supplied. person. Sch. TABLE 2 Sch. Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Person against whom action Exception to Item brought Defences defences 1 A health Either— The health service or service, other person had (a) in the case of tissue registered reasonable grounds (other than semen)
administered or supplied to a person— (a) blood supplied by the Society or a health service; (b) or a blood product derived from blood so supplied. product was likely to contain HIV, Hepatitis C or a prescribed disease (as the case may be); and (b) did not take reasonable steps to ensure that the blood or blood product was not administered to, or used by, any person. Sch. TABLE 2 Sch. Item Column 1 Person against whom action brought Column 2 Defences Column 3 Exception to defences 1 A health service, registered Either— (a) in the case of tissue (other than semen) The health service or other person had reasonable grounds