{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2003-422/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2003/422",
  "legislation_title": "2003/422/EC: Commission Decision of 26 May 2003 approving an African swine fever diagnostic manual (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 1696)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2003-422",
  "path": "article/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. The African swine fever diagnostic manual in the Annex is approved.\n2. The Secretary of State, with the consent of each other authority who in relation to any constituent part of Great Britain is the appropriate Minister, shall ensure that the confirmation of African swine fever is carried out in accordance with the procedures, sampling methods and criteria for evaluation of laboratory test results laid down in the manual and based on:\n(a) the detection of clinical signs and post-mortem lesions of disease;\n(b) the detection of the virus, antigen or genome in samples of pig tissues, organs, blood or excreta;\n(c) the demonstration of a specific antibody response in blood samples.\n3. The United Kingdom National Reference Laboratory may apply modifications to the laboratory tests referred to in the Manual annexed to this Decision or use different tests, provided that an equal sensitivity and specificity can be demonstrated. The sensitivity and specificity of these modified or different tests must be evaluated in periodic tests.\nIf modified or different tests are applied, their sensitivity and specificity must be evaluated in the framework of the periodic comparative tests organised by the Community Reference Laboratory for African swine fever.\n(4.) For the purposes of this Decision—\n(a) “the appropriate Minister” means—\n(i) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;\n(ii) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;\n(iii) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;\n(b) “the competent authority” means the appropriate Minister for the relevant constituent part of Great Britain;\n(c) the United Kingdom National Reference Laboratory is the Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Woking Surrey GU24 ONF.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Words in Art. 1(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 8(2)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 25(5)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
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      "text": "Art. 1(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 8(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
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      "text": "Art. 1(4) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 8(2)(c) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 25(5)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
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  "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."
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