Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• F1“AWE Aldermaston” means the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston;

• “competent law enforcement authorities” means those bodies responsible for the prevention, detection or investigation of criminal offences as specified in the Schedule to these Regulations;

• “dactyloscopic data” has the same meaning as in F2Title II of Part 3 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (exchanges of DNA, fingerprints and F3vehicle registration data);

• “DNA-profile” has the same meaning as in Title II of Part 3 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (exchanges of DNA, fingerprints and vehicle registration data);

• F4“Dstl Fort Halstead” means the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory at Fort Halstead;

• “Dstl Porton Down” means the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory at Porton Down;

• “forensic service provider” means any person that carries out laboratory activities at the request of competent law enforcement authorities;

• F5...

• “laboratory activity” has the same meaning as in Title II of Part 3 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (exchanges of DNA, fingerprints and vehicle registration data);

• F6“relevant employee” in relation to a particular laboratory activity means an individual who is employed by an accredited forensic service provider for the purpose of carrying out that laboratory activity;

• F7“the Trade and Cooperation Agreement” has the same meaning as in the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (see section 37 of that Act);

• “UKAS” means the United Kingdom Accreditation Service, a company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales under number 03076190.