# The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Testing Requirements and Standards) (England) Regulations 2020, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W

In these Regulations—
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“applicable test” means a test to which regulation 3 applies;
“diagnostic laboratory” means an institution (or facility within an institution) which is equipped with apparatus and reagents for the performance of diagnostic tests for human infections;
“operator of a diagnostic laboratory” means the corporate body that operates the diagnostic laboratory, or if there is no such body, the director of the diagnostic laboratory;
“point of care test” means a diagnostic test which is not carried out in a diagnostic laboratory;
“sample collection” means the taking of, or assisting with or the supervision of the taking of, a physical sample from a person who is the subject of a test;
“testing service provider” means a person who carries out a sample collection or a point of care test, or a diagnostic laboratory.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1549/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-protection-coronavirus-testing-requirements-and-standards-england-regulations-2020/regulation-2
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