{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/blood-tests-evidence-of-paternity-amendment-regulations-2008/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/972",
  "legislation_title": "The Blood Tests (Evidence of Paternity) (Amendment) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/blood-tests-evidence-of-paternity-amendment-regulations-2008",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Blood Tests (Evidence of Paternity) Regulations 1971 to bring the terminology into line with that used by the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c.9). Further minor changes have been made as follows—\nto remove the exception that a photograph is not required for a subject under the age of 12 months;\nto update the references to postal delivery to refer to recorded signed for and to include international signed for;\nto require samples to be sent in tamper proof containers;\nto amend the accreditation requirements to allow a body to be eligible for accreditation if it is accredited to the relevant standard by a body that is a signatory to an ILAC Recognised Regional Cooperation Body; and\nto increase the sampler’s fee.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/972/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:32:13.536667+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."
}