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The Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010
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Duty to provide information to [F1the United Kingdom Health Security Agency] E+W
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5.—(1) This regulation applies where a notification has been made by the operator of a diagnostic laboratory to [F2the United Kingdom Health Security Agency] under regulation 4.
(2) [F3The United Kingdom Health Security Agency] may request that the person (R) who solicited the laboratory test which identified the causative agent to which the notification relates, provide to it the information listed at regulation 4(2) insofar as that information was not included in the notification.
(3) R must provide the information requested under paragraph (2) insofar as it is known to R.
(4) The information must be provided in writing within 3 days beginning with the day on which the request is made.
(5) Without prejudice to paragraph (4), if [F4the United Kingdom Health Security Agency] considers the case to be urgent and informs R of this fact when making the request, the information must be provided orally as soon as reasonably practicable.
(6) In determining whether the case is urgent, [F5the United Kingdom Health Security Agency] must have regard to—
(a)the nature of the causative agent to which the notification relates;
(b)the nature of the disease which the causative agent causes;
(c)the ease of spread of the causative agent;
(d)the ways in which the spread of the causative agent can be prevented or controlled; and
(e)where known, the circumstances of the person from whom the sample was taken (including age, sex and occupation).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 5 heading substituted (1.10.2021) by The Public Health England (Dissolution) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/974), regs. 1(1), 5(6)
F2Words in reg. 5(1) substituted (1.10.2021) by The Public Health England (Dissolution) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/974), regs. 1(1), 5(6)
F3Words in reg. 5(2) substituted (1.10.2021) by The Public Health England (Dissolution) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/974), regs. 1(1), 5(6)
F4Words in reg. 5(5) substituted (1.10.2021) by The Public Health England (Dissolution) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/974), regs. 1(1), 5(6)
F5Words in reg. 5(6) substituted (1.10.2021) by The Public Health England (Dissolution) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/974), regs. 1(1), 5(6)
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