Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986

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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 ^F57and any living cephalopod .in the case of a mammal, bird or reptile, ^F58two-thirds of the gestation or incubation period for the relevant species has elapsed; andin any other case, it becomes capable of independent feeding.(2A) Any living cephalopod in its embryonic form is not a protected animal.extend the definition of protected animal so as to include ^F60any description of invertebrates other than cephalopods ;alter the stage of development specified in subsection (2) above;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.

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Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986
Preliminary

1: Protected animals.

2: Regulated procedures.

2A: Principles of replacement, reduction and refinement

Licensing of undertakings

2B: Prohibition of unlicensed undertakings

2C: Licensing of undertakings

Personal and project licences

3: Prohibition of unlicensed procedures.: No person shall personally apply a regulated procedure to an animal unless—

4: Personal licences.

5: Project licences: general

5A: Application for a project licence

5B: Determining an application: evaluation of the programme of work

5C: Determining an application: further provision

5D: Granting a project licence

5E: Duration of a project licence and further evaluation etc

5F: Retrospective assessment of programme of work

5G: Documents to be kept by Secretary of State

6: Scientific procedure establishments.

7: Breeding and supplying establishments.

Licences: general provisions

8: Fees.

9: Consultation.

10: Conditions

11: Failure to comply with licence conditions etc

12: Right to make representations.

13: Suspension in cases of urgency.

13A: Duty to ensure welfare of animals not adversely affected by revocation or suspension

Additional controls

14: Re-use of protected animals

15: Killing animals at conclusion of regulated procedures.

15A: Manner in which protected animals are to be killed

16: Prohibition of public displays.

17: Neuromuscular blocking agents

17A: Setting free and re-homing protected animals

The inspectorate and the committee

18: Inspectors.

19: The Committee for the Protection of Animals Used for Scientific Purposes

20: Functions of the Committee

Miscellaneous and supplementary

20A: Sharing of organs and tissues
20B: Alternative strategies

21: Guidance and codes of practice.

21A: Statistics and reporting

22: Penalties for contraventions.

23: False statements.

24: Protection of confidential information.

25: Powers of entry.

26: Prosecutions.

27: Repeal, consequential amendments and transitional provisions.

28: Orders.

29: Application to Northern Ireland.

30: Short title, interpretation and commencement.

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Sections 2 and 15A
APPROPRIATE METHODS OF HUMANE KILLING

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):
Table A

SCHEDULE 2 Section 2B .
ANIMALS THAT ARE “RELEVANT PROTECTED ANIMALS” FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 2B
SCHEDULE 2A Section 10(2A).
ARTICLE 8 OF COUNCIL DIRECTIVE No.86/609/EEC

SCHEDULE 2B Section 5C(4)
ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS FOR THE GRANT OF CERTAIN PROJECT LICENCES

Project licences authorising the use of endangered primates
Project licences authorising the use of non-endangered primates
Project licences authorising the use of endangered animals that are not primates
Project licences authorising the use of cats, dogs and equidae
Interpretation

SCHEDULE 2C Section 10(1)
CONDITIONS IN LICENCES

PART 1: Conditions in section 2C licences
PART 2: Conditions in personal licences
PART 3: Conditions in project licences

SCHEDULE 3 Section 27(2).
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

SCHEDULE 4 Section 27(4).
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Existing licences
Current experiments
Existing certificates
Registered premises
Inspectors

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