Regulation 3 Applicable testsI1

England and Wales

(1)

An applicable test is a test for the detection of coronavirus which is—

F1(a)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)

provided F2, by or on behalf of a testing service provider, in the course of a business;

(c)

not a test provided or administered under the National Health Service Act 2006 M1;

(d)

not a test provided by a person (P) solely to—

(i)

P's employees;

(ii)

persons contracted to provide services to P; or

(iii)

both of the above; and

F3(da)

not carried out using a device for self-testing.

F4(e)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)

In this regulation—

(a)

“coronavirus” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2);

F5(aa)

“device for self-testing” has the same meaning as in regulation 32(1) of the Medical Devices Regulations 2002.

F6(b)

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Annotations

F1: Reg. 3(1)(a) omitted (1.1.2024) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Testing Requirements and Standards) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1340), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(a) (with reg. 9)
F2: Words in reg. 3(1)(b) inserted (1.1.2024) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Testing Requirements and Standards) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1340), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(b) (with reg. 9)
F3: Reg. 3(1)(da) inserted (1.1.2024) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Testing Requirements and Standards) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1340), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(c) (with reg. 9)
F4: Reg. 3(1)(e) omitted (1.1.2024) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Testing Requirements and Standards) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1340), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(d) (with reg. 9)
F5: Reg. 3(2)(aa) inserted (1.1.2024) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Testing Requirements and Standards) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1340), regs. 1(1), 4(3)(a) (with reg. 9)
F6: Reg. 3(2)(b) omitted (1.1.2024) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Testing Requirements and Standards) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1340), regs. 1(1), 4(3)(b) (with reg. 9)