{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-protection-coronavirus-testing-requirements-and-standards-england-regulations-2020/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-protection-coronavirus-testing-requirements-and-standards-england-regulations-2020/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/1549",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Testing Requirements and Standards) (England) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-protection-coronavirus-testing-requirements-and-standards-england-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Applicable tests",
  "text": "(1) An applicable test is a test for the detection of coronavirus which is—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) provided , by or on behalf of a testing service provider, in the course of a business;\n(c) not a test provided or administered under the National Health Service Act 2006 ;\n(d) not a test provided by a person (P) solely to—\n(i) P's employees;\n(ii) persons contracted to provide services to P; or\n(iii) both of the above; and\n(da) not carried out using a device for self-testing.\n(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) In this regulation—\n(a) “coronavirus” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2);\n(aa) “device for self-testing” has the same meaning as in regulation 32(1) of the Medical Devices Regulations 2002.\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2006 c. 41."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 17.12.2020, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1549/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:20:08.085387+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."
}