PART 2 DUTIES OF EMPLOYERS AND OTHERS

Classification of biological agents
7. (1) Where a biological agent, other than a group 1 biological agent, does not appear in ... 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.
Words 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)
(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 ... the Approved List of biological agents.
Words 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)
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Reg. 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)

Reg. 7 in force at 6.4.2010, see reg. 1