The Blood Tests (Evidence of Paternity) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Amendment of the principal Regulations

4.  In regulation 2(1)—

(a) in the definition of “court”, for the words “blood tests” substitute the words “scientific tests”;

(b) for the definition of “sample”, substitute the following new definition—

““sample” means bodily fluid or bodily tissue taken for the purpose of scientific tests”;

(c) in the definition of “sampler”, for the words “nominated in a direction form to take blood samples for the purposes of the direction” substitute the words “, or a person who is under the supervision of such a practitioner and is either a registered nurse or a registered medical laboratory technician, or a tester;”;

(d) in the definition of “subject”, for the words “blood samples” substitute the words “bodily samples”;

(e) for the definition of “tester”, substitute the following new definition—

““tester” means an individual employed to carry out tests by a body which has been accredited for the purposes of Article 8 of the Order by the Lord Chancellor or by a body appointed by him for those purposes and which has been nominated in a direction to carry out tests;”;

(f) in the definition of “tests”, for the words “blood tests” substitute the words “scientific tests” and for the words “characteristics of blood” substitute the words “characteristics of bodily fluids or bodily tissue”.