Interpretation2
In these Regulations—
F1“AWE Aldermaston” means the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston;
“competent law enforcement authorities” means those bodies responsible for the prevention, detection or investigation of criminal offences as specified in the Schedule to these Regulations;
“dactyloscopic data” has the same meaning as in F4Title II of Part 3 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (exchanges of DNA, fingerprints and F7vehicle registration data);
“DNA-profile” has the same meaning as in F4Title II of Part 3 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (exchanges of DNA, fingerprints and F7vehicle registration data);
F2“Dstl Fort Halstead” means the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory at Fort Halstead;
F2“Dstl Porton Down” means the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory at Porton Down;
“forensic service provider” means any person that carries out laboratory activities at the request of competent law enforcement authorities;
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“laboratory activity” has the same meaning as in F4Title II of Part 3 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (exchanges of DNA, fingerprints and F7vehicle registration data);
F3“relevant employee” in relation to a particular laboratory activity means an individual who is employed by an accredited forensic service provider for the purpose of carrying out that laboratory activity;
F6“the Trade and Cooperation Agreement” has the same meaning as in the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (see section 37 of that Act);
“UKAS” means the United Kingdom Accreditation Service, a company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales under number 03076190.