The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

• Citation: S.I. 2019/72
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and come into force on exit day.

Section 2 Amendment of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986

(1) The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 2C (licensing of undertakings) , in subsection (2), for “the Animals Directive” substitute “this Act”.

(3) In section 20 (functions of the Committee for the Protection of Animals Used for Scientific Purposes) —

(a) omit subsection (4);

(b) in subsection (6), omit the definition of “the foreign committees”.

(4) In section 20B (scientific methods etc which do not use protected animals) , in subsection (2)—

(a) omit paragraphs (a) and (b);

(b) in paragraph (c), omit “other”.

(5) In section 21A (statistics and reporting) —

(a) in subsection (1), omit paragraph (c) (and the “and” before it);

(b) omit subsections (3) and (4).

(6) In Schedule 2C (conditions in licences) —

(a) in paragraph 12, omit paragraph (b) (and the “and” before it);

(b) in paragraph 16, omit paragraph (b) (and the “and” before it);

(c) in paragraph 26(1)—

(i) omit “in a Member State”;

(ii) omit “there”;

(iii) omit “of the EU”.

(d) in paragraph 27, omit paragraph (b) (and the “and” before it).