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Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001

Control of pathogens and toxins

18.The provisions set out in Part 7 (and Schedules 5 and 6) places an obligation on managers of laboratories and other premises holding stocks of specified disease-causing micro-organisms and toxins to notify their holdings, and to comply with any reasonable security requirements which the police may impose.

19.It also requires managers of laboratories and other premises, on request, to furnish the police with details of people with access to the dangerous substances held there. The Secretary of State is given power to direct that a named individual must not be allowed access to such disease strains or the premises in which they are held.

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