PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF TERRORISM 1 This Order may be cited as the Schedule 5 to the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (Modification) Order 2007 and shall come into force on the expiry of 14 days beginning with the day on which it was made. 2 Schedule 5 to the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (pathogens and toxins) is modified as follows. 3 In the list of viruses each of the following entries is added at the appropriate place in alphabetical order: Dobrava/Belgrade virus Everglades virus Getah virus Guanarito virus Hendra virus (Equine morbillivirus) Herpes simiae (B virus) Influenza viruses (pandemic strains) Kyasanur Forest virus Louping ill virus Mayaro virus Middleburg virus Mobala virus Mucambo virus Murray Valley encephalitis virus Ndumu virus Nipah virus Omsk haemorrhagic fever virus Polio virus Powassan virus Rabies virus Rocio virus Sabia virus Sagiyama virus Sin Nombre virus St Louis encephalitis virus West Nile fever virus. 4 In the list of rickettsiae— a the entry in respect of Bartonella quintana (Rochalimea quintana, Rickettsia quintana) is omitted, and b there is added at the end of the list the following entry— Rickettsia typhi (mooseri). 5 In the list of bacteria each of the following entries is added at the appropriate place in alphabetical order: Brucella canis Clostridium perfringens Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli, serotype 0157 and verotoxin producing strains Multiple-drug resistant Salmonella paratyphi Mycobacterium tuberculosis Salmonella paratyphi A, B, C Shigella boydii Shigella flexneri. 6 After the list of bacteria there is added the following list: FUNGI Cladophialophora bantiana Cryptococcus neoformans. 7 1 The list of toxins is modified as follows. 2 Each of the following entries is added at the appropriate place in alphabetical order: Abrin Modeccin toxin Staphylococcal enterotoxins Viscum Album Lectin 1 (Viscumin) Volkensin toxin. 3 In the entry in respect of Shiga toxin for “toxin” substitute “and shiga–like toxins”. 4 For the entry “Clostridium perfringens toxins” substitute— Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin . 5 The entries in respect of Aflatoxins, Microcystin (Cyanginosin), Staphylococcus aureus toxins and Verotoxin are omitted. 8 For the Notes there is substituted— Notes 1 Any reference in this Schedule to a micro-organism includes: a intact micro-organisms; b micro-organisms which have been genetically modified by any means, but retain the ability to cause serious harm to human health; c any nucleic acid deriving from a micro-organism listed in this Schedule (synthetic or naturally derived, contiguous or fragmented, in host chromosomes or in expression vectors) that can encode infectious or replication competent forms of any of the listed micro-organisms; d any nucleic acid sequence derived from the micro-organism which when inserted into any other living organism alters or enhances that organism’s ability to cause serious harm to human health. 2 Any reference in this Schedule to a toxin includes: a any nucleic acid sequence coding for the toxin, and b any genetically modified micro-organism containing any such sequence. 3 Any reference in this Schedule to a toxin excludes any non-toxigenic subunit. . Tony McNulty Minister of State Home Office 19th March 2007