What UK Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (c.14): Licensing of Animal Research requires
The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (c. 14) regulates the use of protected animals in scientific procedures in the United Kingdom through a three-licence system, administered by the Secretary of State for the Home Department through the Animals in Science Regulation Unit. Section 1 defines protected animals as living vertebrates other than man and certain cephalopods, and section 2 defines a regulated procedure as one carried out on a protected animal that may cause it pain, suffering, distress, or lasting harm. Section 3 prohibits the carrying out of a regulated procedure unless it is authorised by a personal licence held by the person carrying it out, a project licence authorising the programme of work, and an establishment licence for the place where it is carried out. Section 4 governs personal licences, section 5 governs project licences, which require the Secretary of State to weigh the likely adverse effects on the animals against the benefit likely to accrue, and sections 2C and 6 govern the licensing of undertakings and scientific procedure establishments. Section 7 governs breeding and supplying establishments. Section 22 sets the penalties for contraventions, providing that a person who carries out a regulated procedure without the requisite licences commits an offence, and section 23 creates the offence of making a false statement to obtain a licence. The Act gives domestic effect to the principles of replacement, reduction, and refinement of animal use in research.
Pillar: Biotech & Genomics · Authority: UK Parliament / Home Office (Animals in Science Regulation Unit) · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/14/contents
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- Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, section 1 - protected animals.
- Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, section 2 - regulated procedures.
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