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Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

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(1)

This Order may be cited as the National Blood Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 1st April 1993.

(2)

In this Order—

  • “the Authority” means the National Blood Authority established by this Order;

  • “an old authority” means, in relation to an officer referred to in article 5 of this Order, the Central Blood Laboratories Authority f1 or the North Western Regional Health Authority f2;

  • “the transfusion service” means the arrangements made by Regional Health Authorities with respect to the collection and supply of blood in their respective regions for the purposes of the health service.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

See S.I. 1982/1515 and S.I. 1993/.

f2

See S.I. 1981/1836, article 3 and Schedule.