# The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Wales) Regulations 2018, Paragraph 5: Approval of testing laboratories

Extent: E+W

(1) The Welsh Ministers must on application approve laboratories to test samples for the purposes of Chapter C of Annex X if satisfied that the laboratory—
(a) will carry out the testing in accordance with Chapter C of that Annex;
(b) has adequate quality control procedures; and
(c) has adequate procedures to ensure the correct identification of the samples and notification of the test results to the consigning slaughterhouse and to the Welsh Ministers.
(2) For the purposes of this Schedule, an “approved testing laboratory” (“labordy profi a gymeradwywyd”) means—
(a) a laboratory approved under this paragraph;
(b) a laboratory approved under corresponding legislation elsewhere in the United Kingdom;
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2018/968/schedule/2/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-wales-regulations-2018/schedule-2/paragraph-5
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