SCHEDULE 3Transitional provision

PART 2Conditions in section 2C licences

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1

This condition applies where this licence authorises the applying of regulated procedures to protected animals.

2

A protected animal which, having been subjected to a completed series of regulated procedures, is kept alive shall continue to be kept at the establishment under the supervision of a veterinary surgeon or other suitably qualified person unless—

a

it is moved, with the authority of the Secretary of State, to another establishment;

b

the Secretary of State consents under section 17A to the animal no longer being kept at the establishment; or

c

its re-use in another procedure is authorised by the Secretary of State.