{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-protection-agency-amendment-regulations-2007/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/1624",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Protection Agency (Amendment) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-protection-agency-amendment-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 1 of the principal Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 1(3) of the principal Regulations (citation, commencement and interpretation)—\n(a) after the definition of “the chairman” insert—\n““competent authority” means a competent authority identified in accordance with Article 19 of the IHR (general obligations) and with a role as described at Article 22 of the IHR (role of competent authorities);\n“government department” for the purposes of these Regulations includes the Scottish Executive and the Welsh Ministers;”;\n(b) after the definition of “health service body” insert—\n““the IHR” means the International Health Regulations (2005) of the WHO adopted by the fifty-eighth World Health Assembly on 23rd May 2005;\n“National IHR Focal Point” means the national centre, designated by a State Party to the IHR, which shall be accessible at all times for communications with the WHO IHR Contact Point under the IHR;”; and\n(c) after the definition of “primary care list” add—\n““World Health Assembly” has the meaning set out in the Constitution of the World Health Organization adopted by the International Health Conference held in New York from 19th June to 22nd July 1946 and signed on 22nd July 1946;\n“WHO” means the World Health Organization, a specialised agency within the terms of Article 57 of the Charter of the United Nations, established by the Constitution of the World Health Organization;\n“WHO IHR Contact Point” means the unit within WHO which shall be accessible at all times for communications with the National IHR Focal Point.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1624/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:51:26.703168+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."
}