The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012

Personal licences

8.—(1) Section 4(1) (personal licences) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) for “to apply specified regulated procedures” substitute “personally to apply regulated procedures of specified descriptions”;

(b) omit “at a specified place or specified places”.

(3) In subsection (3)—

(a) for paragraph (a) substitute—

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

(b) in paragraph (b) for the words from “biological” to “the” (in the second place it occurs) substitute “education,”;

(c) omit the words after paragraph (b).

(4) After subsection (3) insert—

“(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.”

(5) In subsection (4A)(a)—

(a) omit “(including instruction in a relevant scientific discipline)”;

(b) for “to be specified in the licence” substitute “that the licence would qualify the person to apply”.

(1)

Section 4 was amended by S.I. 1998/1974.