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Who was the old regulator?

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Andrew Rennison

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Who is the new FSR?

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Gillian Tully

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What is the role of the FSR?

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Operate independently with the home office to ensure quality standards are applied across all forensic services. This involves setting, monitoring and maintaining standards across the board. As a result the The regulator monitors accreditation of suppliers and competence of the forensic practitioners as well as the provision of forensic services.

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What is the vision of the forensic science regulator?

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To I still confidence in forensic sciences by maintaining comprehensive standards between providers, methods, practitioners and training programmes in an increasingly competitive market.

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What is the scope of what they deal with?

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Forensic science; any science, technology or knowledge applied to an investigation

Practitioners; from people who collect evidence to the people who report it.

Equipment, scenes, victim, evidence, collection, reporting and analyses.

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What is FSAC?

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Forensic science advisory council. 12 person committee to serve as an independent source for the regulator.

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Who recommended a forensic science advisory council?

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Forensic science on trial report by Scitech 2005

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What is the role of the forensic science advisory council?

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To advise and support the regulator on matters relating to;

Quality standards and compliance
Academic programmes
Accreditation
Validation

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How many people are in the forensic science advisory council?

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12 person committee