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Forensic Science Regulator Act 2021
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2Regulator’s duty to publish a code of practice
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(1)The Regulator must prepare and publish a code of practice about the carrying on of forensic science activities in England and Wales.
(2)The code—
(a)must specify the forensic science activities to which it applies;
(b)need not make provision about every forensic science activity;
(c)may make different provision for different purposes or descriptions of person.
(3)The Regulator must publish the code in a way that the Regulator considers is likely to bring it to the attention of persons likely to be interested in it.
(4)The Regulator—
(a)must keep the code under review, and
(b)may from time to time prepare and publish alterations to the code or a replacement code.
(5)In this Act “the code” means the code of practice published under this section that is for the time being in force (as altered from time to time).
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