{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-organ-transplants-act-1989-commencement-order-1989/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/2106",
  "legislation_title": "The Human Organ Transplants Act 1989 (Commencement) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-organ-transplants-act-1989-commencement-order-1989",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nSection 2(1) of the Human Organ Transplants Act 1989 prohibits the transplant of organs from, and to, living persons who are not genetically related; and this Order appoints 1st April 1990 for it to come into force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2106/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:34:52.385330+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}