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Law / Regulation - Field Reference ​

The fields of the Law / Regulation record type as documented for the Biosafety Clearing-House. In API calls the record type is selected with the schema value biosafetyLaw.

TitleFieldMandatoryTypeExample
headerHeader{ "identifier": "068C83BA-995F-08C3-50CE-AD43545B3EB5", "schema": "biosafetyLaw", "languages": ["en"] }
Country submitting a law, regulation, guideline or agreementgovernmentTrueTerm{"identifier":"af"}
Area of jurisdictionjurisdictionTerm{"identifier":"7437F880-7B12-4F26-AA91-CED37250DD0A"}
jurisdictionsDetailslstring
Title of documenttitleTruelstring{"en":"Test Title"}
Brief description of the document including objective and scopedescriptionlstring{"en":"<div><!--block-->Test description</div>"}
Type of Law / RegulationtypeTrueTerm{"identifier":"57217527-3732-437F-9AD8-45BEF4429FD5"}
Date of entry into forceentryIntoForceDateTime
Document textdocumentsLink[][{"url":"https://www.google.com","name":"Google","language":"en"}]
Only use this field to provide details of how to obtain a copy of the document if it is not available as an attachment or online.documentsInfolstring{"en":"<div><!--block-->Test description</div>"}
Unofficial DocumentsunofficialDocumentsLink[][{"url":"https://www.google.com","name":"Google","language":"en"}]
Is this an amendment to a law, regulation, guideline or agreement already published on the BCH?isAmendmentTrueBooleantrue
Please select the record(s) containing the law/regulation being amendedamendedRecordsReference[][{"identifier":"7A5D391B-BEC7-30FF-FB73-CD50E6577AA1@2"}]
Please provide a brief summary of the amendment(s)amendmentsDetailslstring{"en":"<div><!--block-->Test Summary</div>"}
Relationship with other laws/regulationsrelatedRecordsReference[][{"identifier":"7A5D391B-BEC7-30FF-FB73-CD50E6577AA1@2"}]
Please describe the relationship between the measuresrelationDetailslstring{"en":"<div><!--block-->Test description</div>"}
Competent National Authority(ies) and/or Supplementary Protocol Competent Authority(ies)authoritiesTrueReference[][{"identifier":"78AFAA88-47EA-9333-AD6E-C21BCB17DE21@1"}]
Subject areascpbSubjectAreasTrueTerm[][{"identifier":"1DCBA126-60F1-440D-BBB0-CC9CCC91C283"}]
Types of organisms addressedcpbOrganismTypesTrueTerm[][{"identifier":"65F83475-FBFD-4DCA-9DD8-10FC253A2F84"}]
Should this information be confirmed or updated after two years from the date of submission?expiresTrueBooleantrue
Please use this field to provide any other relevant information that may not have been addressed elsewhere in the record.relevantInformationlstring{"en":"<div><!--block-->Test information</div>"}
Any other relevant documentsrelevantDocumentsLink[][{"url":"https://www.google.com","name":"Google","language":"en"}]