Paragraph 9 Approval of TSE testing laboratories
England and Wales
The Secretary of State must approve laboratories to test samples taken under F1these Regulations if satisfied that the laboratory—
will carry out the testing in accordance with Chapter C of Annex 10, and
has adequate quality control procedures in place, which include being able to accurately identify the correct identification of the samples and notification of test results.
A laboratory approved under corresponding legislation elsewhere in the United Kingdom is treated as an approved testing laboratory.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Sch. 2 para. 9(1) inserted (17.9.2018) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/942), regs. 1(2), 55
- F2
Sch. 2 para. 9(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal By-Products and Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1120), regs. 1(1), 3(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)