There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Biological Agents) Regulations 2010, Section 7.
7.—(1) Where a biological agent, other than a group 1 biological agent, does not appear in F1... the Approved List of biological agents the employer shall provisionally classify that agent as a group 2, group 3 or group 4 biological agent according to its level of risk of infection and, if in doubt as to which of two alternative groups is the most appropriate, the employer shall provisionally classify it as the higher of the two.
(2) The employer shall immediately inform the Secretary of State and the Health and Safety Executive of any provisional classification done under paragraph (1).
(3) Where a biological agent has been provisionally classified by an employer under paragraph (1), these Regulations apply to that employer as if that agent appeared in F2... the Approved List of biological agents.
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Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 7(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1202), regs. 1(2), 8(4)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in reg. 7(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1202), regs. 1(2), 8(4)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Reg. 7(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1202), regs. 1(2), 8(4)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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