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The UK screening guidance states that where an order for synthetic nucleic acids contains a sequence in the guidance's category of concern that is listed in Schedule 5 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, the provider must ask the user to provide proof that they have notified the Home Office under Part 7 of that Act, and that where such a sequence derives from an animal pathogen in Groups 3 or 4 of Schedule 1 of the Specified Animal Pathogens Order the provider must ask for proof of a licence from the Health and Safety Executive. Copy claim link
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Provision Required action · provision ID uk-synthetic-nucleic-acids-guidance-statutory-notification Subject version As published on GOV.UK on 8 October 2024 · Published 2024-10-08 · Effective date not established Date 2024-10-08 · publication Scope and limits States what the guidance requires of a provider in these cases, using 'must' where it points to a statutory duty on the user. It is not evidence about any order, and the scope of the statutory provisions it names is not recorded here. The guidance's own name for its category of concern is not reproduced. The record names the statutory schedules the guidance points to but no agent, sequence or screening criterion; the guidance's own definition and name for its category of concern are not reproduced.
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UK screening guidance on synthetic nucleic acids for users and providers ↗ GOV.UK (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) · Publication date unknown
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Source excerpt “the provider must ask the user to provide proof that they have notified the Home Office through Part 7 of the ATCSA” Location in source Sequence screening, providers
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Source details and check notes Authors GOV.UK (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) Version Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 (SHA-256 d12116062f1c3dbb8a384593927c08cf40ee37289dc82cf6011540b63bcb7dd8). The HTML attachment as served on 2026-10-28. Its screening methodology sections and its list of indicators of a suspicious transaction were read but are not cited. Retrieved again at admission on 2026-10-30 (SHA-256 52c2f4a8bfc22b7819ee11216d08966df73f980a87b187b9c4b7bd868a544262). Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-28 Language English (en) Attribution GOV.UK (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology), “UK screening guidance on synthetic nucleic acids for users and providers”. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage, AI and biosecurity (research/ai-bio). The quotation (22 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 and again at admission on 2026-10-30, in a fresh retrieval (SHA-256 52c2f4a8bfc22b7819ee11216d08966df73f980a87b187b9c4b7bd868a544262; the bytes differ from the pack’s retrieval). Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. The condition is that the user raises an order for synthetic nucleic acids containing a listed sequence of the guidance's category of concern under Schedule 5 of the Act. No human editorial review. primary source Supports the claim
UK screening guidance on synthetic nucleic acids for users and providers ↗ GOV.UK (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) · Publication date unknown
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Source excerpt “providers must ask the user to provide proof that they have obtained a licence through HSE” Location in source Screening order legitimacy, providers
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Source details and check notes Authors GOV.UK (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) Version Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 (SHA-256 d12116062f1c3dbb8a384593927c08cf40ee37289dc82cf6011540b63bcb7dd8). The HTML attachment as served on 2026-10-28. Its screening methodology sections and its list of indicators of a suspicious transaction were read but are not cited. Retrieved again at admission on 2026-10-30 (SHA-256 52c2f4a8bfc22b7819ee11216d08966df73f980a87b187b9c4b7bd868a544262). Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-28 Language English (en) Attribution GOV.UK (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology), “UK screening guidance on synthetic nucleic acids for users and providers”. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage, AI and biosecurity (research/ai-bio). The quotation (16 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 and again at admission on 2026-10-30, in a fresh retrieval (SHA-256 52c2f4a8bfc22b7819ee11216d08966df73f980a87b187b9c4b7bd868a544262; the bytes differ from the pack’s retrieval). Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. The condition is an order containing sequences of that category derived from an animal pathogen listed in Group 3 or 4 of Schedule 1 of the Specified Animal Pathogens Order that could produce that pathogen. No human editorial review. Status and meaning Editorial status. Not reviewed by an editor . An exploratory record that no editor has accepted. This status does not say whether a person has read any linked passage. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.
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