Control of Legionella (Amendment) Regulations, 2006

L.N. 262 of 2006

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 2003

(ACT NO. XIII of 2003)

Control of Legionella (Amendment) Regulations, 2006

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 26 (i) of the Public

Health Act, 2003, the Minister of Health, the Elderly and Community

Care has made the following regulations>-

The title of these regulations is the Control of Legionella

(Amendment) Regulations, 2006 and shall be read and construed as

one with the Control of Legionella, Regulations hereinafter referred to

as “the principal regulations”.

In regulation 2 of the principal regulations immediately before

the definition “accredited laboratory” there shall be inserted the

following new definition>

“accreditation” means third-party attestation by the Maltese

National Accreditation Body or by any other accreditation body

as recognised by the Maltese National Accreditation Body, of a

laboratory, conveying formal demonstration of its competence to

carry out specific test<“

L.N. 313 of 2001> Malta Standards Authority (Establishment

of the Accreditation Directorate) Order, 2001, lays down the

establishment, organisation and operation of the Accreditation

Directorate within the Malta Standards Authority, acting as the

only recognised National Accreditation Body in Malta.

In regulation 2 of the principal regulations the definition

“accredited laboratory” shall be replaced by the following new

definition>

“accredited laboratory” means a laboratory to which

accreditation has been granted according to the requirements of

MSA ISO#IEC EN 17025<”

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