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Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Human Organ Transplants (Unrelated Persons) Regulations 1989.

(2)

Regulations 1 and 2 of these Regulations shall come into force on 1st January 1990 and regulation 3 on 1st April 1990.

(3)

In these Regulations:—

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

  • “the Authority” means the authority constituted by regulation 2 of these Regulations;

  • “donor” means a living person from whom it is proposed to remove an organ;

  • “recipient” means a person into whom it is proposed to transplant an organ.