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Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

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(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Human Organ Transplants (Establishment of Relationship) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.

(2)

In these Regulations–

  • “donor” means a living person from whom an organ is proposed to be removed which is intended to be transplanted into another person and “recipient” means the person into whom the organ is intended to be transplanted;

  • “tester” means a person approved by the Secretary of State to carry out the tests described in regulation 2 of these Regulations.