Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986

Preliminary

Protected animals

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• (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, “a protected animal” for the purposes of this Act means any living vertebrate other than man and any living cephalopod .

• (2) Any such vertebrate in its foetal, larval or embryonic form is a protected animal only from the stage of its development when—

• (a) in the case of a mammal, bird or reptile, two-thirds of the gestation or incubation period for the relevant species has elapsed; and

• (b) in any other case, it becomes capable of independent feeding.

• (2A) Any living cephalopod in its embryonic form is not a protected animal.

• (3) The Secretary of State may by order—

• (a) extend the definition of protected animal so as to include any description of invertebrates other than cephalopods ;

• (b) alter the stage of development specified in subsection (2) above;

• (c) make provision in lieu of subsection (2) above as respects any animal which becomes a protected animal by virtue of an order under paragraph (a) above.

• (4) For the purposes of this section an animal shall be regarded as continuing to live until the permanent cessation of circulation or the destruction of its brain.

• (5) In this section “vertebrate” means any animal of the Sub-phylum Vertebrata of the Phylum Chordata and “invertebrate” means any animal not of that Sub-phylum.

Regulated procedures

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• (1) Subject to the provision of this section, “a regulated procedure” for the purposes of this Act means any procedure applied to a protected animal for a qualifying purpose which may have the effect of causing the animal a level of pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm equivalent to, or higher than, that caused by the introduction of a needle in accordance with good veterinary practice.

• (1A) A procedure is applied to an animal for “a qualifying purpose” if—

• (a) it is applied for an experimental or other scientific purpose (whether or not the outcome of the procedure is known); or

• (b) it is applied for an educational purpose.

• (2) A procedure applied to an animal for a qualifying purpose is also a regulated procedure if—

• (a) it is part of a series or combination of ... procedures (whether the same or different) applied to the same animal; and

• (ab) each of the other procedures in the series or combination is applied for a qualifying purpose; and

• (b) the series or combination may have the effect mentioned in subsection (1) above; and

• (c) the animal is a protected animal throughout the series or combination or in the course of it attains the stage of its development when it becomes such an animal.

• (2A) A procedure applied to an animal for a qualifying purpose is also a regulated procedure if—

• (a) at the time the procedure is applied the animal has not attained the stage of its development when it is a protected animal;

• (b) the animal is to be allowed to live until after it attains that stage of its development; and

• (c) the procedure is likely to have the effect mentioned in subsection (1) after the animal attains that stage (whether or not it is also likely to have that effect before the animal attains that stage).

• (3) Anything done for the purpose of, or liable to result in, the birth or hatching of a protected animal is also a regulated procedure if it may as respects that animal have the effect mentioned in subsection (1) above.

• (3A) The modification of an animal’s genes is a regulated procedure if—

• (a) the animal is a protected animal and the modification may have the effect mentioned in subsection (1); or

• (b) the animal is to be allowed to live until after it attains the stage of its development when it is a protected animal and the modification may have the effect mentioned in subsection (1) after it has attained that stage (whether or not it is also likely to have that effect before the animal attains that stage).

• (3B) The breeding of an animal is a regulated procedure if—

• (a) the animal is bred from an animal whose genes have mutated or been modified or from a descendant of an animal whose genes have mutated or been modified;

• (b) the animal is to be allowed to live until after it has attained the stage of its development when it is a protected animal; and

• (c) after the animal has attained that stage the animal may experience pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm of a level mentioned in subsection (1) by reason of the mutation or modification referred to in paragraph (a).

• (3C) For the purposes of subsections (3A) and (3B), references to the modification of an animal’s genes include the modification before the animal comes into being of any genetic material by virtue of which it comes into being

• (4) In determining whether any procedure may have the effect mentioned in subsection (1) above the use of an anaesthetic or analgesic, decerebration and any other procedure for rendering an animal insentient shall be disregarded; and the administration of an anaesthetic or analgesic to a protected animal, or decerebration or any other such procedure applied to such an animal, for the purposes of any experimental or other scientific procedure shall itself be a regulated procedure.

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• (7) Killing a protected animal is a regulated procedure only if—

• (a) it is killed for experimental or other scientific use;

• (b) the place where it is killed is—

• (i) a place that is specified in a licence granted under section 2C, or

• (ii) a place that is specified in a project licence by virtue of section 5(3), and

• (c) the method employed to kill the animal is not—

• (i) a method that is appropriate to that description of animal under Schedule 1, or

• (ii) in a case within paragraph (b)(i), a method that is specified as being appropriate to that description of animal in the licence granted under section 2C.

• (8) Notwithstanding anything in this section, the following are not regulated procedures—

• (a) non-experimental agricultural practices;

• (b) non-experimental clinical veterinary practices;

• (c) practices undertaken for the purposes of recognised animal husbandry;

• (d) the administration of any substance or article to an animal for research purposes in accordance with an animal test certificate granted under the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2011 or the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013;

• (e) the ringing, tagging or marking of an animal, or the application of any other humane procedure for the primary purpose of enabling an animal to be identified, provided that it causes only momentary pain or distress (or none at all) and no lasting harm.

• (8A) References in this section to “a procedure” include both invasive and non-invasive procedures.

• (9) Schedule 1 to this Act may be amended by orders made by the Secretary of State.

Personal and project licences

Prohibition of unlicensed procedures

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No person shall personally apply a regulated procedure to an animal unless—

• (a) he holds a personal licence qualifying him to apply a regulated procedure of that description to an animal of that description;

• (b) the procedure is applied as part of a programme of work specified in a project licence authorising the application, as part of that programme, of a regulated procedure of that description to an animal of that description; and

• (c) the place where the procedure is carried out is a place specified in ... the project licence.

Personal licences

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• (1) A personal licence is a licence granted by the Secretary of State qualifying the holder personally to apply regulated procedures of specified descriptions to animals of specified descriptions ....

• (2) An application for a personal licence shall be made to the Secretary of State in such form and shall be supported by such information as he may reasonably require.

• (3) Except where the Secretary of State dispenses with the requirements of this subsection any such application shall be endorsed by a person who—

• (a) is for the time being specified in a relevant section 2C licence by virtue of section 2C(5)(d);

• (b) has knowledge of the education, training, experience and character of the applicant;

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• (3A) For the purposes of subsection (3)(a), a section 2C licence is “relevant” if it authorises the holder to carry on an undertaking which involves the applying of regulated procedures to protected animals.

• (4) No personal licence shall be granted to a person under the age of eighteen.

• (4A) The Secretary of State shall not grant a personal licence to a person unless he is satisfied that the person—

• (a) has appropriate education and training ... for the purpose of applying the regulated procedures that the licence would qualify the person to apply ; and

• (b) is competent to apply those procedures in accordance with the conditions which are to be included in the licence and to handle and take care of laboratory animals.

• (5) A personal licence shall continue in force until revoked but the Secretary of State shall review each personal licence granted by him at intervals not exceeding five years and may for that purpose require the holder to furnish him with such information as he may reasonably require.

Project licences

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• (1) A project licence is a licence granted by the Secretary of State which specifies a programme of work and authorises the application, as part of that programme, of specified regulated procedures to animals of specified descriptions at a specified place or specified places.

• (2) A place may not be specified in a project licence unless it is a place at which a person is authorised by a section 2C licence to carry on an undertaking involving the applying of regulated procedures to protected animals.

• (3) But subsection (2) does not apply in any case in which it appears to the Secretary of State, on the basis of a scientific justification, that the programme or procedures authorised by the project licence require a different place to be specified.

• (4) In the circumstances set out in Article 40.4 of the Animals Directive, a project licence may specify a programme of work which consists of multiple generic projects.

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Scientific procedure establishments

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Breeding and supplying establishments

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Fees

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The holder of a section 2C licence shall pay such periodical fees to the Secretary of State as may be prescribed by or determined in accordance with an order made by him.

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Consultation

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• (1) Before granting a section 2C licence or a project licence under this Act the Secretary of State shall consult one of the inspectors appointed under this Act and may also consult an independent assessor or the Committee for the Protection of Animals Used for Scientific Purposes established by this Act.

• (1A) Before granting a personal licence under this Act the Secretary of State may consult one of those inspectors, an independent assessor or that Committee.

• (2) Where the Secretary of State proposes to consult an independent assessor he shall notify the applicant of that fact, and in selecting the assessor he shall have regard to any representations made by the applicant.

Conditions

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• (1) Schedule 2C makes provision as to the conditions that must be included in a licence granted under this Act.

• (2) A licence granted under this Act may include such other conditions as the Secretary of State thinks fit.

• (3) Breach of a condition in a licence does not invalidate the licence; but as to the consequences of a breach, see section 11 (failure to comply with licence conditions etc).

• (4) If a personal licence includes a condition permitting the holder to use assistants to perform, under the holder’s direction, tasks not requiring technical knowledge, nothing done by an assistant in accordance with the condition contravenes section 3.

Variation and revocation

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• (1) Subsections (2) to (5) apply where it appears to the Secretary of State that the holder of a licence under this Act is failing or has failed to comply with—

• (a) a condition of the licence, or

• (b) a provision of this Act.

• (2) The Secretary of State may issue the holder of the licence with a notice (“a compliance notice”) which—

• (a) specifies the condition or provision that the Secretary of State considers the holder is failing or has failed to comply with;

• (b) specifies the action the Secretary of State considers should be taken by the holder to ensure that the failure is not continued or repeated;

• (c) specifies any action the Secretary of State considers should be taken by the holder to eliminate or reduce any consequences of the failure;

• (d) requires the holder to take that action within such time as is specified in the notice; and

• (e) explains the effect of subsection (3).

• (3) If a compliance notice has been issued and it appears to the Secretary of State that the holder of the licence has failed to comply with it, the Secretary of State may revoke the licence (unless the compliance notice has been withdrawn, or the notice has been varied and the holder is in compliance with the notice as varied).

• (4) If it appears to the Secretary of State that—

• (a) remedial action needs to be taken to safeguard the welfare of protected animals for the time being kept by or on behalf of the holder of the licence, and

• (b) the holder of the licence is not willing or able to take that action,

the Secretary of State may take that action (whether or not a compliance notice has already been issued).

• (5) If the Secretary of State does not act under subsection (2) or (4) the Secretary of State may suspend, revoke or vary the licence.

• (6) A licence under this Act may also be suspended, revoked or varied by the Secretary of State in any case in which it appears to the Secretary of State that it is appropriate to do so or at the request of the holder.

• (7) A reference in this section to suspending a licence is a reference to suspending the operation of the licence either for a specified period or until further notice.

Right to make representations

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• (1) Where the Secretary of State proposes—

• (a) to refuse a licence under this Act;

• (b) to revoke or vary a licence under this Act otherwise than at the request of the holder; or

• (c) to suspend a licence, otherwise than at the request of the holder, under section 11,

he shall serve on the applicant or the holder a notice of his intention to do so.

• (2) The notice shall state the reasons for which the Secretary of State proposes to act and give particulars of the rights conferred by subsection (3) below.

• (3) A person on whom a notice is served under subsection (1) above may make written representations and, if desired, oral representations to a person appointed for that purpose by the Secretary of State if before such date as is specified in the notice (not being less than twenty-eight days after the date of service) he notifies the Secretary of State of his wish to do so.

• (4) The holder of a licence ... who is dissatisfied with any condition contained in it may, if he notifies the Secretary of State of his wish to do so, make written representations and, if desired, oral representations to a person appointed for that purpose by the Secretary of State; but the making of such representations shall not affect the operation of any condition unless and until it is varied under section 11 above.

• (5) The person appointed to receive any representations under this section shall be a person who holds or has held judicial office in the United Kingdom or

• (a) a person who satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 5-year basis;

• (b) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 5 years’ standing; or

• (c) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland of at least 5 years’ standing,

and the Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, appoint a person with scientific or other appropriate qualifications to assist the person receiving the representations in his consideration of them.

• (6) The person appointed to receive any such representations shall after considering them make a report to the Secretary of State; and the Secretary of State shall furnish a copy of the report to the person who made the representations and take it into account in deciding whether to refuse the application or to revoke, suspend or vary the licence , as the case may be.

• (6A) Where subsection (1)(c) applies and the suspension is for a specified period of twelve months or less, this section has effect as if—

• (a) in subsection (3), for the words “may make written representations and, if desired, oral representations to a person appointed for that purpose by the Secretary of State” there were substituted “may make written representations to the Secretary of State”; and

• (b) subsections (5) and (6) were omitted.

• (7) The Secretary of State may by order make rules with respect to the procedure to be followed in the making and consideration of representations under this section, including provision requiring any such representations to be made within a specified time.

• (8) A notice under subsection (1) above may be served either personally or by post.

Suspension in cases of urgency

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• (1) If it appears to the Secretary of State to be urgently necessary for the welfare of any protected animals that a licence ... under this Act should cease to have effect forthwith he shall by notice served on the holder suspend its operation for a period not exceeding three months.

• (2) If during that period a notice of proposed variation or revocation of the licence ... is served under section 12 above but at the end of that period—

• (a) the time for notifying the Secretary of State under subsection (3) of that section has not expired; or

• (b) representations are to be or are being made in accordance with that subsection; or

• (c) such representations have been made but the Secretary of State has not received or has not completed his consideration of the report of the person to whom the representations were made,

he may by notice served on the holder further suspend the licence ... until he is able to decide whether to vary or revoke it but no further suspension shall be for longer than three months at a time.

• (3) A notice under this section may be served personally or by post.

Additional controls

Re-use of protected animals

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• (1) A protected animal that has been subjected to one or more regulated procedures must not be used for a further regulated procedure unless the Secretary of State has consented to such further use and the following conditions are met.

• (2) The first condition is that—

• (a) the actual severity of the regulated procedure, or each of the regulated procedures, previously applied to the animal has been classified in accordance with conditions included in a project licence by virtue of paragraph 23 of Schedule 2C, and

• (b) in a case where more than one regulated procedure has previously been applied to the animal, the actual severity of no more than one of those procedures has been classified as “severe”.

• (3) The second condition is that a veterinary surgeon with knowledge of the lifetime experience of the animal has advised that the animal’s general state of health and well-being has been fully restored following the application of the previous procedure or procedures.

• (4) The third condition is that—

• (a) the further procedure is to be applied as part of a programme of work specified in a project licence; and

• (b) the likely severity of the further procedure was classified by the Secretary of State under section 5B(3)(c) as “non-recovery”, “mild” or “moderate”.

• (5) For the purposes of subsection (1), the consent of the Secretary of State may relate to the specific animal concerned or may relate to animals used in specified procedures or specified circumstances.

• (6) But in the case of an animal that has been subjected to a regulated procedure the actual severity of which has been classified as “severe”, the consent of the Secretary of State must relate to the specific animal concerned and the Secretary of State may give consent only if—

• (a) the Secretary of State has consulted a veterinary surgeon who has examined the animal about whether consent should be given; and

• (b) the Secretary of State is satisfied that there are exceptional circumstances that justify the animal being used for the further regulated procedure.

• (7) For the purposes of this section, a series of regulated procedures applied to an animal for a particular purpose is to be treated as constituting a single regulated procedure.

Killing animals at conclusion of regulated procedures

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• (1) Where a protected animal—

• (a) has been subjected to a series of regulated procedures for a particular purpose; and

• (b) at the conclusion of the series is suffering or likely to suffer adverse effects as a result of being subjected to the series ,

the person who applied those procedures, or the last of them, shall ensure that the animal is immediately killed in accordance with section 15A .

• (2) Subsection (1) above is without prejudice to any condition of a project licence requiring an animal to be killed at the conclusion of a regulated procedure in circumstances other than those mentioned in that subsection.

Prohibition of public displays

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• (1) No person shall carry out any regulated procedure as an exhibition to the general public or carry out any such procedure which is shown live on television for general reception.

• (2) No person shall publish a notice or advertisement announcing the carrying out of any regulated procedure in a manner that would contravene subsection (1) above.

Neuromuscular blocking agents

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• (1) A person must not use a neuromuscular blocking agent in the course of a regulated procedure unless—

• (a) the person is expressly authorised to do so by the personal licence and the project licence under which the procedure is carried out; and

• (b) the agent is used in combination with such level of anaesthesia or analgesia as is determined in accordance with the project licence.

• (2) The Secretary of State must not grant a project licence that authorises the use of a neuromuscular blocking agent unless the Secretary of State is satisfied, on the basis of a scientific justification, that the purposes of the programme of work specified in the licence cannot be achieved without the use of such an agent.

The inspectorate and the committee

Inspectors

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• (1) The Secretary of State shall, with the consent of the Treasury as to numbers and remuneration, appoint as inspectors for the purposes of this Act persons having such medical or veterinary qualifications as he thinks requisite.

• (2) It shall be the duty of an inspector—

• (a) to advise the Secretary of State on applications for licences under this Act , on requests for their variation or revocation and on their periodical review;

• (b) to comply with any direction given by the Secretary of State under subsection (2A).

• (2A) The Secretary of State may give a direction to an inspector which—

• (a) specifies the holder of a licence under this Act;

• (b) requires the inspector to visit the place specified in the licence, or in the case of a personal licence such places as the inspector considers appropriate, for the purpose of determining whether the holder is complying with the provisions of this Act and the conditions of the licence;

• (c) requires the inspector to provide a report to the Secretary of State on the holder’s compliance with those provisions and conditions; and

• (d) in a case where the inspector considers that the holder has failed or is failing to comply with any of those provisions or conditions, requires the inspector to include within the report advice as to the action to be taken by the Secretary of State.

• (2B) A direction under subsection (2A) may require visits carried out in pursuance of the direction to be carried out without notice to the holder of the licence concerned.

• (2C) In determining the frequency with which a direction under subsection (2A) should be given in respect of the holder of a licence, the Secretary of State must take into account—

• (a) the record of the holder in complying with the provisions of this Act and the conditions of the licence;

• (b) any information suggesting that the holder has failed or is failing to comply with any of those provisions or conditions; and

• (c) in the case of a holder of a section 2C licence—

• (i) the number and the species of protected animals kept at the place specified in the licence; and

• (ii) the number and the type of regulated procedures, if any, carried out at that place.

• (2D) The Secretary of State must seek to ensure that during the course of any year—

• (a) a direction is given under subsection (2A) in respect of one third of the persons who hold section 2C licences that authorise the carrying on of an undertaking involving the applying of regulated procedures to protected animals;

• (b) a direction is given under subsection (2A) in respect of each person who holds a section 2C licence and keeps non-human primates at the place specified in the licence.

• (2E) Any report provided to the Secretary of State by virtue of subsection (2A)(c) must be kept by the Secretary of State for a period of at least five years.

• (3) If an inspector considers that a protected animal is undergoing excessive suffering he may require it to be immediately killed in accordance with section 15A .

The Animal Procedures Committee

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• (1) There is to be a committee to be known as the Committee for the Protection of Animals Used for Scientific Purposes.

• (2) The Committee is to consist of a chair and other members appointed by the Secretary of State.

• (3) Members of the Committee are to be appointed for such periods as the Secretary of State may determine.

• (4) A person may resign as a member of the Committee or as its chair by notice in writing to the Secretary of State.

• (5) The Secretary of State may terminate the appointment of a member if satisfied that—

• (a) for a period of six months beginning not more than nine months previously the member has, without the consent of the other members, failed to attend the meetings of the Committee;

• (b) the member is an undischarged bankrupt or has made an arrangement with his or her creditors;

• (c) the member is for any reason incapable of acting as a member; or

• (d) the member has been convicted of such a criminal offence, or the member’s conduct has been such, that it is not in the Secretary of State’s opinion fitting that the member should remain a member.

• (6) The Secretary of State may make payments to the chair by way of remuneration and may make payments to the chair and the other members in respect of expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties.

• (7) The Secretary of State may also defray any other expenses of the Committee.

Functions of the Committee

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• (1) The Committee must provide advice to the Secretary of State and the Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Bodies on such matters relating to the acquisition, breeding, accommodation, care and use of protected animals as the Committee may determine or as may be referred to the Committee by the Secretary of State.

• (2) In its consideration of any matter the Committee shall have regard both to the legitimate requirements of science and industry and to the protection of animals against avoidable suffering and unnecessary use in scientific procedures.

• (3) The Committee must take such steps as it considers appropriate to ensure the sharing of best practice in relation to the acquisition, breeding, accommodation, care and use of protected animals.

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• (5) The Secretary of State may provide the Committee with such information as the Committee requests for the purpose of enabling the Committee to exercise its duties under this section.

• (6) In this section—

• “the Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Bodies” means the bodies established and maintained in pursuance of conditions included in section 2C licences by virtue of paragraph 6 of Schedule 2C;

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Miscellaneous and supplementary

Guidance, codes of practice and statistics

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• (1) The Secretary of State shall publish information to serve as guidance with respect to the manner in which he proposes to exercise his power to grant licences ... under this Act and with respect to the conditions which he proposes to include in such licences ....

• (2) The Secretary of State shall issue codes of practice as to the care of protected animals and their use for regulated procedures and may approve such codes issued by other persons.

• (3) The Secretary of State shall consult the Committee for the Protection of Animals Used for Scientific Purposes before publishing or altering any information under subsection (1) above or issuing, approving, altering or approving any alteration in any code issued or approved under subsection (2) above.

• (4) A failure on the part of any person to comply with any provision of a code issued or approved under subsection (2) above shall not of itself render that person liable to criminal or civil proceedings but—

• (a) any such code shall be admissible in evidence in any such proceedings; and

• (b) if any of its provisions appears to the court conducting the proceedings to be relevant to any question arising in the proceedings it shall be taken into account in determining that question.

• (5) The Secretary of State shall lay before Parliament—

• (a) copies of any information published or code issued by him under subsection (1) or (2) above and of any alteration made by him in any such information or code; and

• (b) copies of any code approved by him under subsection (2) above and of any alteration approved by him in any such code;

and if either House of Parliament passes a resolution requiring the information, code or alteration mentioned in paragraph (a) above, or the approval mentioned in paragraph (b) above, to be withdrawn the Secretary of State shall withdraw it accordingly; and where he withdraws information published or a code issued by him or his approval of a code he shall publish information or issue or approve a code, as the case may be, in substitution for the information or code previously published, issued or approved.

• (6) No resolution shall be passed by either House under subsection (5) above in respect of any information, code or alteration after the end of the period of forty days beginning with the day on which a copy of the information, code or alteration was laid before that House; but for the purposes of this subsection no account shall be taken of any time during which Parliament is dissolved or prorogued or during which both Houses are adjourned for more than four days.

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Penalties for contraventions

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• (A1) Any person who carries on an undertaking involving the applying of regulated procedures to protected animals in contravention of section 2B shall be guilty of an offence and liable—

• (a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both;

• (b) on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both;

• (c) on summary conviction in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.

• (1) Any person who contravenes section 3 above shall be guilty of an offence and liable—

• (a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both;

• (b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.

• (2) Any person who, being the holder of a project licence—

• (a) procures or knowingly permits a person under his control to carry out a regulated procedure otherwise than as part of the programme specified in the licence; or

• (b) procures or knowingly permits a person under his control to carry out a regulated procedure otherwise than in accordance with that person’s personal licence,

shall be guilty of an offence and liable to the penalties specified in subsection (1) above.

• (3) Any person who—

• (za) contravenes section 2B otherwise than by carrying on an undertaking involving the applying of regulated procedures to protected animals;

• (zb) fails to comply with a notice under section 5F(4);

• (a) contravenes section ... 14, 15, 16, or 17 above; or

• (b) fails to comply with a requirement imposed on him under section 18(3) above,

shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding the fourth level on the standard scale or to both.

• (3A) Any person who contravenes section 15A or 17A above shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction—

• (a) in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks or to a fine not exceeding the fifth level on the standard scale or to both;

• (b) in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding the fifth level on the standard scale or to both.

• (4) A person shall not be guilty of an offence under section 3 or 17 above by reason only that he acted without the authority of a project licence if he shows that he reasonably believed, after making due enquiry, that he had such authority.

• (4A) A person who kills an animal in contravention of section 15A above shall not be guilty of an offence by virtue of subsection (3A) above if the person shows that he did not know and had no reason to believe that the animal was a relevant protected animal (within the meaning of section 15A).

• (5) A person guilty of an offence under any of sections 4, 5, 6(1) and (2), 7 and 8 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 or section 1 of the Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act 1912 in respect of an animal at a place specified in a section 2C licence shall be liable to the penalties specified in subsection (1) above (rather than any penalty by way of imprisonment or fine provided for in those Acts).

• (5A) A person guilty of an offence under sections 28C or 28F(16) of the Animal Health Act 1981 (c. 22) , or sections 19 to 24, 25(7), 29 or 40(11) of the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 11) , in respect of an animal at a place specified in a section 2C licence shall be liable to the penalties specified in subsection (1) above.

False statements

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• (1) A person is guilty of an offence if for the purpose of obtaining or assisting another person to obtain a licence ... under this Act he furnishes information which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular or recklessly furnishes information which is false or misleading in a material particular.

• (2) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding the fourth level on the standard scale or to both.

Protection of confidential information

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• (1) A person is guilty of an offence if otherwise than for the purpose of discharging his functions under this Act he discloses any information which has been obtained by him in the exercise of those functions and which he knows or has reasonable grounds for believing to have been given in confidence.

• (2) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—

• (a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both;

• (b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.

Powers of entry

25

• (1) If a justice of the peace or in Scotland a sheriff is satisfied by information on oath that there are reasonable grounds for believing that an offence under this Act has been or is being committed at any place, he may issue a warrant authorising a constable to enter that place if need be by such force as is reasonably necessary, to search it and to require any person found there to give his name and address.

• (2) A warrant under subsection (1) may authorise a constable to be accompanied by an inspector appointed under this Act and shall require him to be accompanied by such an inspector if the place in question is a place specified in a section 2C licence.

• (2A) If a justice of the peace or in Scotland a sheriff is satisfied by information on oath that—

• (a) the Secretary of State has power to take action under section 11(4) or is under a duty to take steps under section 13A, and

• (b) entry to a particular place is needed for that purpose,

the justice or sheriff may issue a warrant authorising specified officers of the Secretary of State to enter that place for that purpose, if need be using such force as is reasonably necessary to secure entry.

• (2B) A warrant under subsection (2A) must require the specified officers to be accompanied by a constable and by an inspector appointed under this Act.

• (3) Any person who—

• (a) intentionally obstructs a constable or inspector in the exercise of his powers under this section; ...

• (aa) intentionally obstructs a person specified in a warrant issued under subsection (2A) in the exercise of a power under section 11(4) or a duty under section 13A; or

• (b) refuses on demand to give his name and address or gives a false name or address,

shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding the fourth level on the standard scale or to both.

Prosecutions

26

• (1) No proceedings for—

• (a) an offence under this Act; or

• (b) an offence under any of sections 4, 5, 6(1) and (2) and 7 to 9 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 which is alleged to have been committed in respect of an animal at a place specified in a section 2C licence , shall be brought in England and Wales except by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

• (2) Summary proceedings for an offence under this Act may (without prejudice to any jurisdiction exercisable apart from this subsection) be taken against any person at any place at which he is for the time being.

• (3) Notwithstanding anything in section 127(1) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, an information relating to an offence under this Act which is triable by a magistrates’ court in England and Wales may be so tried if it is laid at any time within three years after the commission of the offence and within six months after the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the Director of Public Prosecutions to justify the proceedings comes to his knowledge.

• (4) Notwithstanding anything in section 136 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, summary proceedings for an offence under this Act may be commenced in Scotland at any time within three years after the commission of the offence and within six months after the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the Lord Advocate to justify the proceedings comes to his knowledge; and subsection (3) of that section shall apply for the purposes of this subsection as it applies for the purposes of that section.

• (5) For the purposes of subsections (3) and (4) above a certificate of the Director of Public Prosecutions or, as the case may be, the Lord Advocate as to the date on which such evidence as is there mentioned came to his knowledge shall be conclusive evidence of that fact.

Repeal, consequential amendments and transitional provisions

27

• (1) The Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 is hereby repealed.

• (2) The enactments mentioned in Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect with the amendments there specified, being amendments consequential on the provisions of this Act.

• (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (4) Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the transitional matters there mentioned.

• (5) The Secretary of State may by order make such further transitional provisions as he considers necessary or expedient.

Orders

28

• (1) Any power of the Secretary of State to make an order under this Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.

• (2) A statutory instrument containing an order under any of the foregoing provisions of this Act shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

Application to Northern Ireland

29

• (1) This Act applies to Northern Ireland with the following modifications.

• (2) For any reference to the Secretary of State in any provision of this Act except sections 19 and 20(1) there shall be substituted a reference to the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland; and for the reference in section 18(1) above to the Treasury there shall be substituted a reference to the Department of Finance and Personnel for Northern Ireland.

• (3) The functions of the Secretary of State under sections 19 and 20(1) shall be exercisable by him jointly with the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland; and any notice under section 19(4) or advice under section 20(1) may be given to either of them.

• (4) In ... section 21 above—

• (a) for the references to Parliament or either House of Parliament there shall be substituted references to the Northern Ireland Assembly;

• (b) in subsection (5) after the word “if” there shall be inserted the words “within the statutory period (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954)”; and

• (c) subsection (6) shall be omitted.

• (4A) In section 21A(1) above for the reference to Parliament there shall be substituted a reference to the Northern Ireland Assembly.

• (5) In section 22(5) above for the reference to sections 4, 5, 6(1) and (2), 7 and 8 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 there shall be substituted a reference to sections 4, 5, 6(1) and (2), 7 and 8 of the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.

• (5A) In section 26(1)(b) above for the reference to sections 4, 5, 6(1) and (2) and 7 to 9 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 there shall be substituted a reference to sections 4, 5, 6(1) and (2) and 7 to 9 of the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.

• (6) In section 25 above for the references to information on oath there shall be substituted references to a complaint on oath.

• (7) In section 26 above—

• (a) in subsections (1) and (3) for the words “England and Wales” there shall be substituted the words “Northern Ireland”;

• (b) in subsections (1), (3) and (5) for the references to the Director of Public Prosecutions there shall be substituted references to the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland; and

• (c) in subsection (3) for the reference to section 127(1) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 there shall be substituted a reference to Article 19(1) of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.

• (8) In section 27(3) above for the reference to the Breeding of Dogs Act 1973 there shall be substituted a reference to Articles 12, 13 and 43 of the Dogs (Northern Ireland) Order 1983.

• (9) Section 28 above shall not apply and any order made by the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland under this Act shall be a statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 and shall be subject to negative resolution within the meaning of section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.

Short title, interpretation and commencement

30

• (1) This Act may be cited as the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.

• (2) In this Act—

• “the Animals Directive” means Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes;

• ...

• “ personal licence ” means a licence granted under section 4 above;

• “ place ” includes any place within the seaward limits of the territorial waters of the United Kingdom, including any vessel other than a ship which is not a British ship;

• “ project licence ” means a licence granted under section 5 above;

• “ protected animal ” has the meaning given in section 1 above but subject to any order under subsection (3) of that section;

• “ regulated procedure ” has the meaning given in section 2 above.

• “section 2C licence” means a licence granted under section 2C.

• (2A) Any reference in this Act to an Annex of the Animals Directive is a reference to the Annex as amended from time to time.

• (3) This Act shall come into force on such date as the Secretary of State may by order appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions or different purposes.

SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 2

SCHEDULE 3

1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

In paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Protection of Animals (Anaesthetics) Act 1954 for the words “Any experiment duly authorised under the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876” there shall be substituted the words “Any procedure duly authorised under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986”.

4

In section 12 of the Pests Act 1954 for the words “any experiment duly authorised under the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876” there shall be substituted the words “any procedure duly authorised under the Animals (Scoentific Procedures) Act 1986”.

5

In section 19(4)(a) of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 for the words “any experiment duly authorised under the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876” there shall be substituted the words “any procedure duly authorised under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986”.

6

In section 1(2A)(b) of the Slaughter of Poultry Act 1967 for the words “an experiment in respect of which restrictions are imposed by the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876, being an experiment performed subject to any restrictions so imposed” there shall be substituted the words “a procedure duly authorised under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986”.

7

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10

In section 5(4) of the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 for the words “registered pursuant to the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 for the purpose of performing experiments” there shall be substituted the words “which is a designated establishment within the meaning of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986”.

SCHEDULE 4

Existing licences

1

Any licence which immediately before the coming into force of section 3 of this Act is in force under the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 (in this Schedule referred to as “the previous Act”) shall until such date as it would have expired under that Act be treated for the purposes of this Act as if it were a personal licence.

Current experiments

2

• (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, any experiment or series of experiments which is lawfully in progress under the previous Act immediately before the coming into force of section 3 of this Act shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as authorised by a project licence.

• (2) The Secretary of State may direct that sub-paragraph (1) above shall cease to have effect on such date as he may specify; and different dates may be specified in relation to different cases.

Existing certificates

3

A person shall not by virtue of paragraphs 1 or 2 above be entitled to do anything which would have been unlawful under the previous Act without such a certificate as is mentioned in paragraph (2) or (3) of the proviso to section 3 of that Act or in section 5 of that Act unless immediately before the coming into force of section 3 of this Act he holds the appropriate certificate under that Act.

Registered premises

4

Until such date as the Secretary of State may direct there shall be treated as a designated scientific procedure establishment for the purposes of this Act any place registered under the previous Act or approved by the Secretary of State.

Inspectors

5

Any person who at the coming into force of section 18 of this Act holds office as an inspector under the previous Act shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as an inspector appointed under that section.

Regulated procedures.

1

... The methods of humane killing listed in Tables A and B below are appropriate for the animals listed in the corresponding entries in those tables only if the process of killing is completed by one of the methods listed in sub-paragraphs (a) to (f) below:

• (a) confirmation of permanent cessation of the circulation

• (b) destruction of the brain

• (c) dislocation of the neck

• (d) exsanguination

• (e) confirming the onset of rigor mortis

• (f) instantaneous destruction of the body in a macerator.

2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Table A

Table B

Rat

SCHEDULE 2A

1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4

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Editorial notes

[^c1016481]: Act not in force at Royal Assent see s.30(3); Act wholly in force at 1.1.1990.

[^c1016482]: Act excluded (23.1.1995) by S.I. 1994/3249, art. 3(5)

[^c1016483]: Act extends to Northern Ireland but the operation of s. 29 is limited by application as mentioned in s. 29(2)

[^c1016484]: In its application to Northern Ireland, this section has effect subject to the modifications set out in s. 29, see s. 29(1)

[^c1016485]: In its application to Northern Ireland, this section has effect subject to the modifications set out in s. 29, see s. 29(1)

[^c1016488]: In its application to Northern Ireland, this section has effect subject to the modifications set out in s. 29, see s. 29(1)

[^c1016489]: S. 4(4A) inserted (5.9.1998) by S.I. 1998/1974, reg. 2, Sch. para. 2

[^c1016491]: In its application to Northern Ireland, this section has effect subject to the modifications set out in s. 29, see s. 29(1)

[^c1016495]: In its application to Northern Ireland, this section has effect subject to the modifications set out in s. 29, see s. 29(1)

[^c1016496]: In its application to Northern Ireland, this section has effect subject to the modifications set out in s. 29, see s. 29(1)

[^c1016506]: In its application to Northern Ireland, this section has effect subject to the modifications set out in s. 29, see s. 29(1)

[^c1016521]: In its application to Northern Ireland, this section has effect subject to the modifications set out in s. 29, see s. 29(1)

[^c1016522]: In its application to Northern Ireland, this section has effect subject to the modifications set out in s. 29, see s. 29(1)

[^c1016523]: S. 2(5)(a)(b)(c) substituted by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), s. 71(2)(5), Sch. 10 para. 66

[^c1016524]: In its application to Northern Ireland, this section has effect subject to the modifications set out in s. 29, see s. 29(1)

[^c1016528]: In its application to Northern Ireland, this section has effect subject to the modifications set out in s. 29, see s. 29(1)

[^c1016529]: In its application to Northern Ireland, this section has effect subject to the modifications set out in s. 29, see s. 29(1)

[^c1016531]: In its application to Northern Ireland, this section has effect subject to the modifications set out in s. 29, see s. 29(1)

[^c1016532]: In its application to Northern Ireland, this section has effect subject to the modifications set out in s. 29, see s. 29(1)

[^c1016533]: In its application to Northern Ireland, this section has effect subject to the modifications set out in s. 29, see s. 29(1)

[^c1016535]: 1912 c. 14 .

[^c1016540]: 1980 c. 43 .

[^c1016541]: Words in s. 26(4) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 40, ss. 5, 7(2), Sch. 4 para. 59

[^c1016542]: In its application to Northern Ireland, this section has effect subject to the modifications set out in s. 29, see s. 29(1)

[^c1016543]: 1876 c. 77 .

[^c1016545]: In its application to Northern Ireland, this section has effect subject to the modifications set out in s. 29, see s. 29(1)

[^c1016546]: S. 29 extends to Northern Ireland but the operation of s. 29 is limited by application as mentioned in s. 29(2)

[^c1016548]: S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I.26) .

[^c1016549]: S.I. 1983/1764 (N.I.8) .

[^c1016550]: S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I.12) .

[^c1016551]: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

[^c1016552]: In its application to Northern Ireland, this section has effect subject to the modifications set out in s. 29, see s. 29(1)

[^c1016553]: The power of appointment conferred by s. 30(3) fully exercised: S.R. 1986/364 , S.I . 1986/2088, S.R. 1989/496 , S.I . 1989/2306

[^c1016561]: Sch. 1 para. 1: Sch. 1 substituted (E.W.S.) (1.3.1997) by S.I. 1996/3278, art. 2, Sch.

[^c1016562]: This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only.

[^c1016563]: Sch. 1 para. 1: Sch. 1 substituted (N.I.) (9.6.1997) by S.R. 1997/226, art. 2, Sch.

[^c1016564]: This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only.

[^c1016571]: Sch. 1 Table A: Sch. 1 substituted (E.W.S.) (1.3.1997) by S.I. 1996/3278, art. 2, Sch.

[^c1016572]: This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only.

[^c1016574]: Sch. 1 Table A: Sch. 1 substituted (N.I.) (9.6.1997) by S.R. 1997/226, art. 2, Sch.

[^c1016575]: This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only.

[^c1016580]: Sch. 1 Table B: Sch. 1 substituted (E.W.S.) (1.3.1997) and (N.I.) (9.6.1997) by S.I. 1996/3278, art. 2, Sch.; S.R. 1997/226, art. 2, Sch.

[^c1016559]: Sch. 1 substituted (E.W.S.) (1.3.1997) and (N.I.) (9.6.1997) by S.I. 1996/3278, art. 2, Sch.; S.R. 1997/226, art. 2, Sch.

[^c1016582]: Words in Sch. 2 added (1.10.1993) by S.I. 1993/2103, art. 4; (and for N.I. (15.11.1993) by S.R. 1993/407, art. 2(2)

[^c1016583]: Words in Sch. 2 inserted (N.I.) (1.1.1999) by S.R. 1998/331, reg. 2

[^c1016591]: 1954 c. 46.

[^c1016592]: 1954 c. 68.

[^c1016593]: 1966 c. 36.

[^c1016594]: 1967 c. 24.

[^c1016598]: Sch. 3 para. 9 repealed (E.W.S.) (16.10.1992) by Protection of Badgers Act 1992 (c.51), s. 15(2)(3), Sch.

[^c1016599]: 1976 c. 38.

[^c1016600]: In its application to Northern Ireland, this Schedule has effect subject to the modifications set out in s. 29, see s. 29(1)

[^key-fcc0ac4cc63f4c74d5071f45e361332e]: S. 22(5A) inserted (S.) (3.11.2006) by The Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/536) , art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 11(3)

[^key-c6b5e06f16e25e6ed3f6af971a891426]: Words in s. 22(5) omitted (S.) (3.11.2006) by virtue of The Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/536) , art. 1 , Sch. 1 para. 11(2)

[^key-11c068827631766c9fc9de0447b8df89]: Sch. 3 para. 2 repealed (S.) (3.11.2006) by The Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/536), art. 1, Sch. 3

[^key-a53b0952f050d3c51df1b6125f09fe61]: Sch. 3 para. 7 repealed (S.) (3.11.2006) by The Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/536), art. 1, Sch. 3

[^key-9dd2bc741d605ee32a5e0f5139e0ec5a]: Words in s. 22(5) substituted (27.3.2007 for W., 6.4.2007 for E.) by Animal Welfare Act 2006 (c. 45) , s. 68(3) , Sch. 3 para. 12(1)(a) (with ss. 1(2) , 58(1) , 59 , 60 ); S.I. 2007/499 , art. 2(2)(l) ; S.I. 2007/1030 , art. 2(1)(l)

[^key-bf2f59a5c01d0ad35c2a6b6b4e43f9d8]: Words in s. 22(5) inserted (27.3.2007 for W., 6.4.2007 for E.) by Animal Welfare Act 2006 (c. 45) , s. 68(3) , Sch. 3 para. 12(1)(b) (with ss. 1(2) , 58(1) , 59 , 60 ); S.I. 2007/499 , art. 2(2)(l) ; S.I. 2007/1030 , art. 2(1)(l)

[^key-c66b9f14402f501d095529209104b1fe]: Words in s. 26(1)(b) substituted (27.3.2007 for W., 6.4.2007 for E.) by Animal Welfare Act 2006 (c. 45) , s. 68(3) , Sch. 3 para. 12(2) (with ss. 1(2) , 58(1) , 59 , 60 ); S.I. 2007/499 , art. 2(2)(l) ; S.I. 2007/1030 , art. 2(1)(l)

[^key-9a467b2789b9b099c0a7d67ecbba6d83]: S. 29(5)(5A) substituted for s. 29(5) (27.3.2007 for W., 6.4.2007 for E.) by Animal Welfare Act 2006 (c. 45) , s. 68(3) , Sch. 3 para. 12(3) (with ss. 1(2) , 58(1) , 59 , 60 ); S.I. 2007/499 , art. 2(2)(l) ; S.I. 2007/1030 , art. 2(1)(l)

[^key-a91c725250aa837de98cb6d0998b81b8]: Sch. 3 para. 1 repealed (E.W.) (27.3.2007 for W., 6.4.2007 for E.) by Animal Welfare Act 2006 (c. 45), s. 68(3), Sch. 4 (with ss. 1(2), 58(1), 59, 60); S.I. 2007/499, art 2(2)(m); S.I. 2007/1030, art. 2(1)(m)

[^key-3c9928d057a7ce5026e6af37ade22d46]: S. 12(5)(a) substituted (21.7.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 10 para. 18(2); S.I. 2008/1653, art. 2(d) (with arts. 3 4)

[^key-c206c212c56f71708cbdc34450277754]: Word in s. 12(5)(b) substituted (21.7.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 10 para. 18(3); S.I. 2008/1653, art. 2(d) (with arts. 3 4)

[^key-803cae5e61f55382e4f3dae6cd0036d0]: Word in s. 12(5)(c) substituted (21.7.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 10 para. 18(3); S.I. 2008/1653, art. 2(d) (with arts. 3 4)

[^key-3bf47087a989c685e5639f74a227d082]: Words in Act substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 5; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)

[^key-3f4eba83cbb7dd5d009127eeb443756d]: Words in s. 29(5) substituted (N.I.) (11.7.2011) by Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 16) , s. 59 , Sch. 4 para. 3(a) (with ss. 1(2) , 52(1) , 53 , 54 ); S.R. 2011/245 , art. 2 , Sch. 1

[^key-718d84ca6aa2106ad58fe9ca76cc92e0]: Words in s. 29(5A) substituted (N.I.) (11.7.2011) by Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 16) , s. 59 , Sch. 4 para. 3(b) (with ss. 1(2) , 52(1) , 53 , 54 ); S.R. 2011/245 , art. 2 , Sch. 1

[^key-5f4d7584ad616854c4e82eb00a157a2c]: Sch. 3 para. 8 repealed (N.I.) (2.4.2012) by Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 16), s. 59, Sch. 5 (with ss. 1(2), 52(1), 53, 54); S.R. 2012/154, art. 2(b), Sch. 2

[^M_F_dcf1feac-465f-4031-d121-3cb27f5595da]: S. 17A inserted (19.12.2012 for specified purposes, 1.1.2013 in so far as not already in force) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), reg. 1(2)(3)(b), 18 (with Sch. 3)

[^key-2cce73bba6bb71d4484d947717dcb5e5]: S. 14 substituted (19.12.2012 for specified purposes, 1.1.2013 in so far as not already in force) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), reg. 1(2)(3)(a), 14 (with Sch. 3)

[^key-6278fc7471a66c6d451a2ecababd4c26]: S. 6 cross-heading omitted (1.1.2013) by virtue of The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 26(1) (with Sch. 3)

[^key-4bb9f4cb2f5e673abf002b187a76e562]: S. 8 cross-heading inserted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 26(2) (with Sch. 3)

[^key-8846d8284bb44b84ac5f5f1df1050b3c]: S. 9 cross-heading omitted (1.1.2013) by virtue of The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 26(4) (with Sch. 3)

[^key-dd3fd1636d23135aa36d6f6a1c3f4cfc]: Sch. 2 heading substituted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 26(18)(a) (with Sch. 3)

[^key-13c0cdfdc31411fb0dc5cd30c16dc821]: Words in Sch. 2 shoulder reference substituted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 26(18)(b) (with Sch. 3)

[^key-9ee0fadce1ad5c411e4f478440452de4]: Words in Sch. 2 substituted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 26(18)(c) (with Sch. 3)

[^key-773b7fda6288ce68fc0edf4baac8a2ac]: Words in Sch. 2 substituted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 26(18)(d) (with Sch. 3)

[^key-e4f5c33a8d5a8daa17b1b53429b97ecc]: Words in Sch. 2 substituted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 26(18)(e) (with Sch. 3)

[^key-22feffd341b926ed317c516c5b087a45]: Words in Sch. 2 substituted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 26(18)(f) (with Sch. 3)

[^key-ac77bb2384b9a8f158474e8e3bae06c3]: Words in Sch. 2 substituted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 26(18)(g) (with Sch. 3)

[^key-68d35ab33d09583662a594bd8018cb3f]: Words in Sch. 2 inserted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 26(18)(h) (with Sch. 3)

[^key-8ce2754f50a3b7fe652e48c2dac04c5b]: Sch. 2A omitted (1.1.2013) by virtue of The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 26(19) (with Sch. 3)

[^key-909a455c7f9f4ecd2ec09ecaab95fd3b]: Sch. 2B inserted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 9(2), Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3)

[^key-ceca41ba3c4d5d007939dec2500218b3]: Sch. 2C inserted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 10(2), Sch. 2 (with Sch. 3)

[^key-9cc9774c3222c2b0e1e09e8603f602fc]: S. 2A inserted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 5 (with Sch. 3)

[^key-235fc56498efb44172b600a2a4c60a7d]: Ss. 2B, 2C and cross-heading inserted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 6 (with Sch. 3)

[^key-f384459c14b6ded10dae88821049a40e]: Ss. 5-5G substituted for s. 5 (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 9(1) (with Sch. 3)

[^key-1ecf60a56b382448b5a8b249e0f8ffc1]: S. 13A inserted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 13 (with Sch. 3)

[^key-af75b0ebe49acd0ed92efa20fe0a90ba]: S. 15A inserted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 15 (with Sch. 3)

[^key-166451049d47607c5c67029be53a6cf6]: Ss. 19, 20 substituted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 20 (with Sch. 3)

[^key-e3f0a9061bedcb86e6a5bd7c27afe606]: Words in Sch. 1 shoulder reference substituted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 26(17) (with Sch. 3)

[^key-08e8cb77464306b81eab842d311c7697]: S. 20A inserted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 21 (with Sch. 3)

[^key-712785d868acaf3ebe7e06022a989f0b]: S. 20B inserted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 22 (with Sch. 3)