Paragraph 1 I1

Scotland

(1)

The enforcing authority must ensure that the methods of analysis used for the purposes of monitoring and demonstrating compliance with these Regulations are validated and documented in accordance with European standard EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005 entitled “General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories (ISO/IEC 17025:2005)”^f1, or other equivalent standards accepted at international level.

(2)

The enforcing authority must ensure that laboratories or parties contracted by laboratories apply quality management system practices in accordance with European standard EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005 entitled “General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories (ISO/IEC 17025:2005)”, or other equivalent standards accepted at international level.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 4 para. 1 in force at 27.10.2017, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: This standard was approved by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) on 15th March 2005. Under reference BS EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005, it is published as a UK standard by the British Standards Institution (ISBN 0 580 46330 3).