Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Human Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.
(2) Except as provided by paragraph (3), these Regulations shall come into force on 1st April 2018.
(3) These Regulations shall come into force on the day after the day on which they are made so far as necessary to enable anything (including the fixing of fees) to be done for the purposes of granting, varying, suspending or revoking licences or giving directions to ensure compliance with these Regulations on the commencement date.
(4) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Human Tissue Act 2004(1);
“the commencement date” means the date specified in paragraph (2);
“the Principal Regulations” means the Human Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) Regulations 2007(2).