5. For section 14 (re-use of protected animals) there shall be substituted—
(1) Where—
(a)a protected animal has been subjected to a series of regulated procedures for a particular purpose; and
(b)any of those procedures has caused severe pain or distress to that animal,
that animal shall not be used for any further regulated procedures which will entail severe pain or distress.
(2) Where a protected animal has been subjected to a series of regulated procedures for a particular purpose and has been given a general anaesthetic for any of those procedures and been allowed to recover consciousness, that animal shall not be used for any further regulated procedures unless the Secretary of State has given his consent to such further use and—
(a)the procedure, or each procedure, for which the anaesthetic was given consisted only of surgical preparation essential for a subsequent procedure; or
(b)the anaesthetic was administered solely to immobilise the animal; or
(c)the animal will be under general anaesthesia throughout the further procedures and will not be allowed to recover consciousness.
(3) Without prejudice to subsections (1) and (2) above, where a protected animal has been subjected to a series of regulated procedures for a particular purpose it shall not be used for any further regulated procedures except with the consent of the Secretary of State.
(4) Any consent for the purposes of this section may relate to a specified animal or to animals used in specified procedures or specified circumstances.”.