{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/blood-safety-and-quality-regulations-2005/regulation-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/blood-safety-and-quality-regulations-2005/regulation-13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/50",
  "legislation_title": "The Blood Safety and Quality Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/blood-safety-and-quality-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Import of blood and blood components into Great Britain",
  "text": "Any person who imports blood or blood components into Great Britain from a third country must ensure that each unit which they import—\n(a) has been prepared in accordance with standards equivalent to the ... standards and requirements set out in the Annex to Commission Directive 2005/62/EC and for the purpose of this paragraph, references to the competent authority or competent authorities in the Annex to that Directive must be read as references to the Secretary of State; and\n(b) meets standards of quality and safety equivalent to those laid down in Part 5 of the Schedule.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 13 substituted (31.8.2006) by The Blood Safety and Quality (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2013), regs. 1(1), 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 13 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Blood Safety and Quality (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/4), regs. 1, 10(aa) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1304, regs. 1, 9); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 13(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Blood Safety and Quality (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/4), regs. 1, 10(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 13(a) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Blood Safety and Quality (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/4), regs. 1, 10(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 13 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Blood Safety and Quality (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/4), regs. 1, 10(a) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1304, regs. 1, 9); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/50/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:11:46.706072+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."
}