Amendment of the Blood Safety and Quality Regulations 20059.

In regulation 9—

(a)

in paragraph (1)(b)—

(i)

for “complies with the Community standards and requirements set out” substitute “meets the standards and requirements set out in”;

(ii)

for “good practice guidelines set out in Article 2.2 of that Directive” substitute “the good practice guidelines”;

(b)

after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A)

For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), references to the competent authority or to competent authorities in the Annex to that Directive must be read as references to the Secretary of State.”.