# The Human Organ Transplants (Supply of Information) Regulations 1989, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation


(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Human Organ Transplants (Supply of Information) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.
(2) 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;
“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;
“health service hospital” means–
(a) in relation to England and Wales, a health service hospital within the meaning of the National Health Service Act 1977; and
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2108/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/human-organ-transplants-supply-of-information-regulations-1989/regulation-1
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