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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/retained-organs-commission-establishment-and-constitution-order-2001/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/743",
  "legislation_title": "The Retained Organs Commission (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/retained-organs-commission-establishment-and-constitution-order-2001",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Functions of the Commission",
  "text": "Subject to and in accordance with such directions as the Secretary of State may give, the Commission shall perform—\n(a) such functions in connection with the removal, retention and storage of human tissue and organs, and\n(b) such other functions,\nas the Secretary of State may direct.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See, in particular, sections 16D, 17 and 18 of the National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49); sections 16D and 17 were inserted by section 12(1) of the 1999 Act. Section 18 was amended by Schedule 10 to the 1990 Act, by section 3(8) of the 1995 Act, by paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act and by section 12(3) of the 1999 Act."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/743/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:59:17.634456+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."
}