{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/good-laboratory-practice-regulations-1997/schedule-2/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/654",
  "legislation_title": "The Good Laboratory Practice Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/good-laboratory-practice-regulations-1997",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Apparatus, materials, reagents and specimens",
  "text": "(1) Purpose: To determine whether the laboratory has suitably located, operational apparatus in sufficient quantity and of adequate capacity to meet the requirements of the tests being conducted in the facility and that the materials, reagents and specimens are properly labelled, used and stored.\n(2) The inspector should check that—\napparatus are clean and in good working order,\nrecords have been kept of apparatus operation, maintenance, standardisation and calibration,\nmaterials and chemical reagents are properly labelled and stored at appropriate temperatures and that expiry dates are not being ignored. Labels for reagents should indicate their source, identity and concentration and/or other pertinent information.\nspecimens are well identified by test system, study, nature and date of collection,\napparatus and materials used do not interfere with the test systems.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/654/schedule/2/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:22:49.085052+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."
}