{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/security-of-pathogens-and-toxins-exceptions-to-dangerous-substances-regulations-2002/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/security-of-pathogens-and-toxins-exceptions-to-dangerous-substances-regulations-2002/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1281",
  "legislation_title": "The Security of Pathogens and Toxins (Exceptions to Dangerous Substances) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/security-of-pathogens-and-toxins-exceptions-to-dangerous-substances-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Security of Pathogens and Toxins (Exceptions to Dangerous Substances) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 31st May 2002.\n(2) In these Regulations:\n“the Act” means the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001;\n“animal” includes a bird, fish or arthropod;\n“dangerous substance” has the same meaning as in Part 7 of the Act (by virtue of section 58(4));\n“pathogen” means a substance for the time being mentioned in Schedule 5 to the Act other than a toxin; and\n“toxin” means a substance for the time being mentioned under that heading in Schedule 5 to the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1281/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:57:50.302450+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."
}