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The Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) (Scotland) Regulations 2013,
PART 2
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- Sch. 2 Pt. 2 para. 2 words substituted by S.S.I. 2024/326 reg. 2(3)(b)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 2 para. 4 words substituted by S.S.I. 2024/326 reg. 2(3)(b)
PART 2 S
1. The laboratory of the Government Chemist.S
2. A laboratory owned by a government department or a laboratory under the equivalent control of the government [F1in the European Union] [F2, Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein or the Kingdom of Norway].S
Textual Amendments
F1Words in sch. 2 Pt. 2 para. 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Food and Feed Safety and Hygiene (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/52), regs. 1(1), 11(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
[F33. A laboratory appointed as an official control laboratory under Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC.]S
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4. A laboratory of a university in the United Kingdom or [F4in a Member State of the European Union] [F5, Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein or the Kingdom of Norway].S
Textual Amendments
F4Words in sch. 2 Pt. 2 para. 4 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Food and Feed Safety and Hygiene (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/52), regs. 1(1), 11(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
5. A laboratory of a [F6post-16 education body within the meaning of section 35(1)] of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005.S
Textual Amendments
F6Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 2 para. 5 substituted (31.3.2015) by The Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013 (Modification of Legislation) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/153), art. 1, Sch. para. 20
6. A laboratory of the Scottish Agricultural College.S
7. A laboratory specialising in food microbiology and accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 M1.S
Marginal Citations
M1European Standard EN ISO/IEC 17025 on ‘General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories’.
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