SCHEDULES

Section 10(2A).

[F1 SCHEDULE 2A U.K. ARTICLE 8 OF COUNCIL DIRECTIVE No. 86/609/EEC

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2A inserted (5.9.1998) by S.I. 1998/1974, reg. 2, Sch. para. 6

F2 1 U.K. All experiments shall be carried out under general or local anaesthesia.

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 2A para. 1 inserted (5.9.1998) by S.I. 1998/1974, reg. 2, Sch. para. 6

F3 2 U.K. Paragraph 1 above does not apply when:

(a) anaesthesia is judged to be more traumatic to the animal than the experiment itself;

(b) anaesthesia is incompatible with the object of the experiment. In such cases appropriate legislative and/or administrative measures shall be taken to ensure that no such experiment is carried out unnecessarily.

Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 2A para. 2 inserted (5.9.1998) by S.I. 1998/1974, reg. 2, Sch. 6 para. 6

F4 3 U.K. If anaesthesia is not possible, analgesics or other appropriate methods should be used in order to ensure as far as possible that pain, suffering, distress or harm are limited and that in any event the animal is not subject to severe pain, distress or suffering.

Textual Amendments

F4 Sch. 2A para. 3 inserted (5.9.1998) by S.I. 1998/1974, reg. 2, Sch. 6 para. 6

F5 4 U.K. Provided such action is compatible with the object of the experiment, an anaesthetised animal, which suffers considerable pain once anaesthesia has worn off, shall be treated in good time with pain-relieving means or, if this is not possible, shall be immediately killed by a humane method.]

Textual Amendments

F5 Sch. 2A para. 4 inserted (5.9.1998) by S.I. 1998/1974, reg. 2, Sch. 6 para. 6