Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

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

In these Regulations–

• “the Act” means the Human Organ Transplants Act 1989;

• “authority” means a District Health Authority, a special health authority or a Health Board;

• “District Health Authority” means a District Health Authority within the meaning of the National Health Service Act 1977^f1;

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

• “Health Board” means a Health Board within the meaning of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978^f2;

• “health service hospital” means–

  1. (a)

     in relation to England and Wales, a health service hospital within the meaning of the National Health Service Act 1977; and

  2. (b)

     in relation to Scotland, a health service hospital within the meaning of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;

• “relevant organ” means any of the following, namely, kidney, heart, lung, pancreas or liver;

• “special health authority” means a special health authority established in pursuance of section 11 of the National Health Service Act 1977;

• “South Western Regional Health Authority” means the authority of that name constituted in accordance with the National Health Service (Constitution of Regional Health Authorities) Order 1975^f3.