{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-blood-tests-amendment-rules-2001/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/776",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Blood Tests) (Amendment) Rules 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-blood-tests-amendment-rules-2001",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In rule 2(1)—\n(a) for ““Blood Samples” and “blood tests”” substitute ““bodily samples” and “scientific tests””;\n(b) in the definition of “complaint”, for “paternity” substitute “parentage”;\n(c) for the definition of “sampler”, substitute “ “sampler” means a registered medical practitioner, or a person who is under the supervision of such a practitioner and is either a registered nurse or a registered medical laboratory technician, or a tester;”;\n(d) in the definition of “subject”, for “blood samples” substitute “bodily samples”;\n(e) for the definition of “tester” substitute “ “tester” means an individual employed to carry out tests by a body which has been accredited for the purposes of section 20 of the Act either by the Lord Chancellor or by a body appointed by him for those purposes and which has been nominated in a direction to carry out tests;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/879",
      "affecting_title": "The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Family Court: Consequential Provision) (No.2) Order 2014"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/776/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:58:46.447812+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."
}