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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-tissue-permitted-material-regulations-northern-ireland-2023/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-tissue-permitted-material-regulations-northern-ireland-2023/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2023/26",
  "legislation_title": "The Human Tissue (Permitted Material) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-tissue-permitted-material-regulations-northern-ireland-2023",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Human Tissue\nMade 1st March 2023\nComing into operation in accordance with regulation 1(2)\nThe Department of Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3(9A) and 52(4B) and (4C) of the Human Tissue Act 2004.\nIn accordance with section 52(11) of that Act, the Department of Health has consulted such persons as it considers appropriate.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2004 c. 30 (“the 2004 Act”); sections 3(9A) and 52(4B) and (4C) were inserted into the 2004 Act by section 1(1), (4) and (6) of the Organ and Tissue Donation (Deemed Consent) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 10) (“the 2022 Act”); section 52(4B) of the 2004 Act was amended by section 2 of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Organ Tissue Donation) Act 2023 (2023c. )"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 52(11) was inserted by section 1(6)(b) of the 2022 Act"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2023/26/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:32:23.094049+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."
}