{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/blood-tests-evidence-of-paternity-amendment-regulations-2001/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/blood-tests-evidence-of-paternity-amendment-regulations-2001/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/773",
  "legislation_title": "The Blood Tests (Evidence of Paternity) (Amendment) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/blood-tests-evidence-of-paternity-amendment-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Blood Tests (Evidence of Paternity) Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 2(1)—\n(a) in the definition of “court”, for “blood tests” substitute “scientific tests”;\n(b) for the definition of “sample”, substitute ““sample” means bodily fluid or bodily tissue taken for the purpose of scientific tests;”;\n(c) 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,”;\n(d) in the definition of “subject”, for “blood samples” substitute “bodily samples”;\n(e) 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;”;\n(f) in the definition of “tests”, for “blood tests” substitute “scientific tests” and for “characteristics of blood” substitute “characteristics of bodily fluids or bodily tissue”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/773/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:58:48.513944+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."
}