{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/accreditation-of-forensic-service-providers-regulations-2018/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/1276",
  "legislation_title": "The Accreditation of Forensic Service Providers Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/accreditation-of-forensic-service-providers-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“AWE Aldermaston” means the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston;\n“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;\n“dactyloscopic data” 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);\n“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);\n“Dstl Fort Halstead” means the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory at Fort Halstead;\n“Dstl Porton Down” means the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory at Porton Down;\n“forensic service provider” means any person that carries out laboratory activities at the request of competent law enforcement authorities;\n...\n“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);\n“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;\n“the Trade and Cooperation Agreement” has the same meaning as in the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (see section 37 of that Act);\n“UKAS” means the United Kingdom Accreditation Service, a company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales under number 03076190.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (20.11.2019) by The Accreditation of Forensic Service Providers (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1384), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (c. 29), ss. 10(2)(a), 40(7); S.I. 2020/1662, reg. 2(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (23.7.2021) by The European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (References to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/884), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(a) (with reg. 1(3)(a))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (20.11.2019) by The Accreditation of Forensic Service Providers (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1384), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (c. 29), ss. 10(2)(b), 40(7); S.I. 2020/1662, reg. 2(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (20.11.2019) by The Accreditation of Forensic Service Providers (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1384), regs. 1, 2(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (31.12.2020) by European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (c. 29), ss. 10(2)(c), 40(7); S.I. 2020/1662, reg. 2(i)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1276/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:51:16.366831+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."
}