Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (c. 24)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5 U.K. Pathogens and toxins

[F1 Notes] U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 5: Notes substituted (2.4.2007) by The Schedule 5 to the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (Modification) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/929), art. 8

[F2 1 U.K. Any reference in this Schedule to a micro-organism includes:

(a) intact micro-organisms;

(b) micro-organisms which have been genetically modified by any means, but retain the ability to cause serious harm to human health;

(c) any nucleic acid deriving from a micro-organism listed in this Schedule (synthetic or naturally derived, contiguous or fragmented, in host chromosomes or in expression vectors) that can encode infectious or replication competent forms of any of the listed micro-organisms;

(d) any nucleic acid sequence derived from the micro-organism which when inserted into any other living organism alters or enhances that organism's ability to cause serious harm to human health.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 5: Notes substituted (2.4.2007) by The Schedule 5 to the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (Modification) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/929), art. 8