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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency-trading-fund-amendment-order-2005/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2005/0110730399",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency Trading Fund (Amendment) Order 2005",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of article 1 of the principal Order",
  "text": "In article 1 of the principal Order (citation, commencement and interpretation)—\n(a) in paragraph (2), after the definition of “the 1968 Act”, insert the following definition—\n““device evaluation services” means services consisting of or relating to the evaluation of medical devices or similar devices, or the components of such devices, for the purpose of determining—\n(i) the performance of those devices or components,\n(ii) the ease with which they can be used,\n(iii) whether they are suitable for use in different environments or for different purposes, or,\n(iv) how the safety and performance of one device or component compares with that of other devices or components intended for use for the same purpose;”;and\n(b) in paragraph (3), for “or the Medical Devices Regulations 2002” substitute “the Medical Devices Regulations 2002 or the Blood Safety and Quality Regulations 2005”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2005/50."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2005/0110730399/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:22:07.213742+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."
}