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United Kingdom
The PCR can be performed within a working day. It requires appropriate laboratory equipment, separated facilities and skilled staff. An advantage is that the infectious virus need not be replicated in the laboratory. The PCR is highly sensitive, but contamination may easily occur, which leads to false positive results. Therefore stringent quality control procedures are essential.
Notes on Chapter VI
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Annex Ch. 6 Section B para. 5 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 8(7)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F2
Words in Annex Ch. 6 Section B para. 5 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 8(7)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F3
Words in Annex Ch. 6 Section E para. 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 8(7)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F4
Words in Annex Ch. 6 Section E para. 2 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 8(7)(b)(ii)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F5
Word in Annex Ch. 6 Section E para. 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 8(7)(b)(ii)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F6
Words in Annex Ch. 6 Section E para. 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 8(7)(b)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)