The Blood Safety and Quality (Amendment) Regulations 2006

Amendment of regulation 22 of the principal Regulations

14.  In regulation 22 of the principal Regulations (fees)(1)—

(a) in paragraph (3B)—

(i) for “paragraph (3D)” substitute “paragraphs (3D) and (3E)”;

(ii) after “hospital blood banks” insert “or facilities”; and

(iii) after “hospital blood bank”, insert “or facility”;

(b) after paragraph (3D), insert the following paragraph—

“(3E) No fee shall be payable under paragraph (3B) by a person responsible for the management of a facility where the facility makes arrangements with a hospital blood bank, pursuant to regulation 12B(5) that the hospital blood bank will report serious adverse reactions and events to the Secretary of State on behalf of the facility.”,

(c) in paragraph (4)—

(i) after “hospital blood bank”, in the first place where those words appear, insert “or a facility”; and

(ii) after “hospital blood bank”, in the second place where those words appear, insert “or the facility”; and

(d) in paragraph (5), after “hospital blood banks”, insert “or facilities”.

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Regulation 22 was amended by S.I. 2005/2898 which inserted new paragraphs (3A) to (3D) and (5A) to (5D).