Regulation 14 Tests under these Regulations to conform to the principles of good laboratory practice

Where a notifier requires tests to be carried out for the purposes of making a notification under regulation 4, 5 or 6, he shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that those tests are carried out in accordance with the principles of good laboratory practice referred to in Article 1 of Council Directive No.87/18/EEC^f1 on the application of the principles of good laboratory practice and the verification of their application for tests on chemical substances.

Where the tests are carried out at a laboratory not under the control of the notifier, before the tests are commenced the notifier shall inform the person having control of that laboratory that the tests are required for the purposes of these Regulations.

A person having control of a laboratory in which tests are carried out for the purposes of these Regulations shall, if it be the case, provide the notifier at his request with a certificate in writing that the tests were conducted in accordance with the principles of good laboratory practice.

The principles of good laboratory practice referred to in paragraph (1) are set out in Annex B of Commission Directive 90/18/EEC^f2 adapting to technical progress the Annex to Council Directive 88/320/EEC^f3 on the inspection and verification of Good Laboratory Practice.