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(1)Where a protected animal—
(a)has been subjected to a series of regulated procedures for a particular purpose; and
(b)at the conclusion of the series is suffering or likely to suffer adverse effects [F1as a result of being subjected to the series] ,
the person who applied those procedures, or the last of them, shall [F2ensure that the animal is immediately killed in accordance with section 15A] .
(2)Subsection (1) above is without prejudice to any condition of a project licence requiring an animal to be killed at the conclusion of a regulated procedure in circumstances other than those mentioned in that subsection.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 15(1)(b) inserted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 26(7)(a) (with Sch. 3)
F2Words in s. 15(1) substituted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 26(7)(b) (with Sch. 3)