{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/organ-and-tissue-donation-deemed-consent-act-northern-ireland-2022/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/organ-and-tissue-donation-deemed-consent-act-northern-ireland-2022/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2022/10",
  "legislation_title": "Organ and Tissue Donation (Deemed Consent) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/organ-and-tissue-donation-deemed-consent-act-northern-ireland-2022",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement and short title",
  "text": "(1) This section comes into operation on the day after the day on which this Act receives Royal Assent.\n(2) Section 1 comes into operation on such day or days as the Department of Health may by order appoint.\n(3) This Act may be cited as the Organ and Tissue Donation (Deemed Consent) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 2 in operation at 31.3.2022, see s. 2(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2022/10/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:19:27.171199+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."
}