Breeding and supplying establishments
14.—(1) This paragraph applies to conditions 4(3) and 4(7) in Part 2 of this Schedule (standards of care and accommodation etc).
(2) Nothing contained in the section 7 certificate immediately before these Regulations come fully into force is to be treated as authorising an exception from the condition.
(3) The Secretary of State may under this paragraph authorise an exception from the condition if he or she is satisfied of the matters specified in paragraph 11(5) of Schedule 2C to the Act.
(4) The Act applies to an authorisation under this paragraph as if the authorisation were included in the licence arising under paragraph 11.
(5) This paragraph is without prejudice to the Secretary of State’s power to authorise an exception from the condition by variation of the licence after these Regulations come fully into force.