{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-blood-tests-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2002/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-blood-tests-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2002/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2002/163",
  "legislation_title": "Magistrates' Courts (Blood Tests) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-blood-tests-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of the principal Rules",
  "text": "In rule 2(1)—\n(a) for the words ““blood samples” and “blood tests”” substitute the words ““bodily samples” and “scientific tests””;\n(b) in the definition of “complaint”, for the word “paternity” substitute the word “parentage”;\n(c) for the definition of “sampler”, substitute the following new definition—\n““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 the words “blood samples” substitute the words “bodily samples”;\n(e) for the definition of “tester” substitute the following new definition—\n““tester” means an individual employed to carry out tests by a body which has been accredited for the purposes of Article 8 of the Order 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": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/163/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:07:43.626048+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."
}