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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/organ-donation-deemed-consent-act-2019-commencement-no-1-regulations-2019/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2019/1262",
  "legislation_title": "The Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/organ-donation-deemed-consent-act-2019-commencement-no-1-regulations-2019",
  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations commence certain provisions of the Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act 2019 (c.7) (“the 2019 Act”) on 1st October 2019. These are the first commencement regulations made under the 2019 Act. Section 3 came into force on the passing of the 2019 Act.\nRegulation 2 brings into force section 1(5) of the 2019 Act for the purpose of making regulations (and section 1(1) so far as is necessary for that purpose). Section 1 of the 2019 Act amends section 3 (appropriate consent: adults) of the Human Tissue Act 2004 (c.30) (“the 2004 Act”) to set out when deemed consent amounts to appropriate consent for transplantation purposes. Section 1(5) of the 2019 Act amends section 3 of the 2004 Act to provide a power for the Secretary of State to make regulations to specify organs and tissues, to activities in relation to which deemed consent will not apply.\nRegulation 2 also brings into force section 2(5) to (7) of the 2019 Act (and section 2(1) so far as it relates to section 2(5) to (7)) which makes related consequential amendments to the 2004 Act, including amendments which make the power, mentioned above, in section 1(5) of the 2019 Act to make regulations, subject to the affirmative procedure.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1262/note",
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  "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."
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