Regulation 10 Amendment of the Blood Tests (Evidence of Paternity) Regulations

After regulation 8, insert the following new regulation—

“Accreditation

8A

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), a body shall not be eligible for accreditation for the purposes of section 20 of the Act unless it is accredited to ISO/IEC/17025^f1 by an accreditation body which complies with the requirements of ISO Guide 58^f2.

(2)

A body which employs a person who at the date of the coming into force of the Blood Tests (Evidence of Paternity) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 was a tester appointed by the Lord Chancellor shall, until three years after that date, be eligible for accreditation for the purposes of section 20 of the Act notwithstanding that it does not comply with paragraph (1).”.

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Footnotes

f1: General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories, obtainable from any of the sales outlets operated by the British Standards Institute.
f2: Calibration and Testing Laboratory Accreditation Systems—General Requirements in Operation and Recognition, obtainable from any of the sales outlets operated by the British Standards Institute.