Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Testing Requirements and Standards) (England) Regulations 2020

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Introduction

1 Citation, commencement and application

2 Interpretation

3 Applicable tests

4 Test requirements

5 Provider requirements

6 UKAS accreditation

7 Offence and penalties

8 Review

Signature

Explanatory note

Applicable tests3.

(1)

An applicable test is a test for the detection of coronavirus which is—

(a)

provided in a single end-to-end testing service (whether or not the provider arranges with another person (“X”) for X to provide one or more elements of the service on their behalf);

(b)

provided in the course of a business;

(c)

not a test provided or administered under the National Health Service Act 20063;

(d)

not a test provided by a person (P) solely to—

(i)

P’s employees;

(ii)

persons contracted to provide services to P; or

(iii)

both of the above; and

(e)

administered on or after 1st January 2021.

(2)

In this regulation—

(a)

“coronavirus” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2);

(b)

“single end-to-end testing service” means a service which comprises arranging to provide the test to the person to be tested, collecting and processing the sample to be tested, and providing the test result to that person.