Paragraph 2
For the purpose of ensuring consistent standards in relation to the procurement activity of donor characterisation and the procurement or transplantation activity of organ characterisation, the Authority shall specify in directions given under section 23(1) of the 2004 Act—
the requirements that apply to laboratories carrying out tests for donor and organ characterisation, to ensure that those tests are carried out by laboratories with suitably qualified, trained and competent personnel and with adequate facilities and equipment; and
the appropriate operating procedures that are to be in place to ensure that information on organ and donor characterisation reaches the person who will implant the organ in a recipient before the quality and safety of the organ is compromised.