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Regulation 2 Information to be supplied about transplant operations

(1)

A registered medical practitioner who has removed a relevant organ from a dead or living person which is proposed to be transplanted into another person shall supply the information specified in Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations to the South Western Regional Health Authority and–

(a)

where the removal of the relevant organ was carried out in England and Wales,

(i)

to the District Health Authority for the district in which the removal of the relevant organ was carried out, or

(ii)

where the removal was carried out in a hospital managed by a special health authority, to that authority;

(b)

where the removal was carried out in Scotland, to the Health Board for the area in which the removal of the relevant organ was carried out.

(2)

A registered medical practitioner who has received a relevant organ removed from a dead or living person which is proposed to be transplanted into another person shall supply the information specified in Part II of the Schedule to these Regulations to the South Western Regional Health Authority and–

(a)

where the organ was received in England and Wales,

(i)

to the District Health Authority for the district in which the relevant organ was received, or

(ii)

where the organ was received in a hospital managed by a special health authority, to that authority;

(b)

where the organ was received in Scotland, to the Health Board for the area in which the organ was received.