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Notification on a procedural error related to the use of certified reference materials in the undertaking of FSA- DTN 102.
Guidance on analysis and reporting in relation to offences under s5A Road Traffic Act 1988 (drug driving).
Sets out a standardised approach to formulating evaluative opinions used by forensic scientists in the criminal justice system.
Revised codes of conduct and practice for forensic science providers and practitioners in the criminal justice system.
Guidance on the process to create joint expert statements under Part 19.6 of the Criminal Procedure Rules.
The regulator’s DNA specialist group has produced allele frequency databases and reporting guidance for DNA profiling.
Guidance on the requirements of bloodstain pattern analysis.
Protocol for forensic science providers and practitioners covers the management and use of staff elimination DNA databases.
Guidance for Y-STR analysis delivered into the criminal justice system in England and Wales.
This guidance sets out the approach for the interpretation of DNA mixture profiles.
Guidance on the content of non-expert technical statements within the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales.
Notification on the the Forensic Science Regulator's lessons learnt review on quality failure in s5A drugs driving analysis.
This guidance sets out the general approach for the validation of software with specific focus on the requirements for DNA mixture interpretation.
Guidance on the validation requirements of the search and comparison algorithm and the method in which it is deployed.
Appendix to the codes of practice for forensic science providers covering video analysis.
Guidance on using legal limits in the prosecution of drug-driving offences.
Guidance on the content of reports issued by expert witnesses in the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales.
This document sets out the process for urgent legal classification of firearms.
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