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These Regulations may be cited as the Human Organ Transplants and the United Kingdom Transplant Support Service Authority (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st September 1991.
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(1) The Human Organ Transplants (Supply of Information) Regulation 1989 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.
(2) In regulation 1(2) there shall be inserted after the definition of “health service hospital” the following definition–“
 “NHS trust” means a National Health Service trust, in relation to England and Wales, established in pursuance of section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 and, in relation to Scotland, established in pursuance of section 12A of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;”
(3) The following sub-paragraph shall be substituted for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of regulation 2(1)–“
(a) Where the removal of the relevant organ was carried out in England or Wales–
(i) except where the removal was carried out in a hospital managed by a special health authority or an NHS trust, to the District Health Authority for the district in which the removal of the relevant organ was carried out,
(ii) where the removal was carried out in a hospital managed by a special health authority or an NHS trust, to that authority or trust;
(b) where the removal of the relevant organ was carried out in Scotland–
(i) except where the removal was carried out in a hospital managed by an NHS trust, to the Health Board for the area in which the removal of the relevant organ was carried out, or
(ii) where the removal was carried out in a hospital managed by an NHS trust, to that trust.”
(4) The following sub-paragraph shall be substituted for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of regulation 2(2)–“
(a) where the relevant organ was received in England or Wales–
(i) except where the organ was received in a hospital managed by a special health authority or an NHS trust, to the District Health Authority for the district in which the relevant organ was received, or
(ii) where the organ was received in a hospital managed by a special health authority or an NHS trust, to that authority or trust;
(b) where the relevant organ was received in Scotland–
(i) except where the organ was received in a hospital managed by an NHS trust, to the Health Board for the area in which the organ was received, or
(ii) where the organ was received in a hospital managed by an NHS trust, to that trust.”
(5) In paragraph 1 of Part I and of Part II to the Schedule there shall be inserted in each case–
(a) after the word “authority” the words “or NHS trust”;
(b) after the word “or”, in the second place where it appears, the words “the name of the authority”.
(6) In paragraph 5(c) of Part I of the Schedule after the word “number” insert “, if any,”.
(7) In Part I of the Schedule there shall be added after paragraph 7:“
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The date and time of the removal of the organ.”
(8) For paragraph 5 of Part II of the Schedule there shall be substituted the following paragraph:“
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The full names and the hospital case note number of the recipient, and the date and time of carrying out the transplant.”.
(9) In paragraph 6(c) of Part II of the Schedule after the word “number” insert “, if any,”.
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In regulation 2(1) of the United Kingdom Transplant Support Service Authority Regulations 1991 for the words “the provisions of the Act” there shall be substituted “the enactments”.
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Regulation 10(2)(b) of the United Kingdom Transplant Support Service Authority Regulations 1991 is hereby revoked.
William Waldegrave
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
18th July 1991