23.—(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.