Regulation 4 Amendment of the Blood Tests (Evidence of Paternity) Regulations

in the definition of “court”, for “blood tests” substitute “scientific tests”;

for the definition of “sample”, substitute ““sample” means bodily fluid or bodily tissue taken for the purpose of scientific tests;”;

for the definition of “sampler”, substitute ““sampler” means a registered medical practitioner, or a person who is under the supervision of such a practitioner and is either a registered nurse or a registered medical laboratory technician, or a tester,”;

in the definition of “subject”, for “blood samples” substitute “bodily samples”;

for the definition of “tester”, substitute ““tester” means an individual employed to carry out tests by a body which has been accredited for the purposes of section 20 of the Act either by the Lord Chancellor or by a body appointed by him for those purposes and which has been nominated in a direction to carry out tests;”;

in the definition of “tests”, for “blood tests” substitute “scientific tests” and for “characteristics of blood” substitute “characteristics of bodily fluids or bodily tissue”.