The Northern Ireland Poultry Health Assurance Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2011 No. 436

SCHEDULE N.I. THE NORTHERN IRELAND POULTRY HEALTH ASSURANCE SCHEME

PART III N.I. DESIGNATION OF LABORATORIES UNDER THE NORTHERN IRELAND POULTRY HEALTH ASSURANCE SCHEME

Designation of laboratories N.I.

13.—(1) The Department may designate any laboratory that it considers to be suitable for the purpose of carrying out Salmonella and Mycoplasma testing under the Northern Ireland Poultry Health Assurance Scheme.

(2) A laboratory must be accredited to ISO 17025 in order to be designated under the Scheme.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. para. 13 in operation at 1.1.2012, see art. 1

14.  The Department may, by notice, suspend or revoke a designation granted to a laboratory under paragraph 13 where—

(a) it considers that the laboratory cannot meet the conditions on which the designation was granted; or

(b) if in its opinion the laboratory otherwise appears no longer suitable for the purposes of carrying out Salmonella and Mycoplasma testing under the Northern Ireland Poultry Health Assurance Scheme.

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. para. 14 in operation at 1.1.2012, see art. 1

15.  The Department may, by notice, end a suspension of a designation imposed under paragraph 14 if it is satisfied that the laboratory concerned has taken adequate measures to enable it to fulfil the conditions of the designation.

Commencement Information

I3 Sch. para. 15 in operation at 1.1.2012, see art. 1