Operational Policing
Forensic Science Regulator
This section provides information on the Forensic Science Regulator (the Regulator). The Regulator is a public appointee whose function is to ensure that the provision of forensic science services across the criminal justice system is subject to an appropriate regime of scientific quality standards.
In this section you will find regular updates on the work of the Regulator, and how forensic science standards are being applied across the criminal justice system (CJS), including:
- Quality standards applying to organisations and scientific processes
- Guidelines for validating new developments in forensic science
- Competence standards applying to individual forensic practitioners.
Explore this section...
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Find out why the office of the Forensic Science Regulator was established. Read the Regulator's biography and find out which groups support the Regulator, including the Forensic Science Advisory Council (FSAC), stakeholders, specialist groups and the National DNA Ethics group.
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Read various relevant publications relating to the Forensic Science Regulator incuding the business plan for 2008/09 - 2010/11.
