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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-tissue-act-2004/section-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-tissue-act-2004/section-18.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/30",
  "legislation_title": "Human Tissue Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-tissue-act-2004",
  "path": "section/18",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Duty of the designated individual",
  "text": "It shall be the duty of the individual designated in a licence as the person under whose supervision the licensed activity is authorised to be carried on to secure—\n(a) that the other persons to whom the licence applies are suitable persons to participate in the carrying-on of the licensed activity,\n(b) that suitable practices are used in the course of carrying on that activity, and\n(c) that the conditions of the licence are complied with.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 18 in force at 20.10.2005 for specified purposes by S.I. 2005/2792, art. 2(2)(j)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 18 in force at 1.3.2006 for specified purposes by S.I. 2006/404, art. 2(3)(4), Sch. (with arts. 4-6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 18 in force at 7.4.2006 for specified purposes by S.I. 2006/404, art. 3(3), Sch. (with arts. 4-6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I4",
      "text": "S. 18 in force at 31.7.2006 for specified purposes by S.I. 2006/1997, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I5",
      "text": "S. 18 in force at 1.9.2006 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2006/1997, art. 3(2) (with arts. 4, 7, 8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/30/section/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:57.129059+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}