# The Human Organ Transplants (Unrelated Persons) Regulations 1989, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2480/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/human-organ-transplants-unrelated-persons-regulations-1989/regulation-1
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