The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 No. 3039

Protected animals

3.  In section 1(1) (definition of “protected animal”)—

(a) in subsection (1) at the end insert “and any living cephalopod”;

(b) in subsection (2)(a) for “half” substitute “two-thirds of”;

(c) after subsection (2) insert—

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

(d) in subsection (3)(a) for “invertebrates of any description” substitute “any description of invertebrates other than cephalopods”.

(1)

Section 4 was amended by S.I. 1993/2103.