reg 1 Citation and commencement
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012. (2) These Regulations come into force on 1 January 2013, subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4). (3) The following provisions come into force for the purposes specified on the day after the day on which these Regulations are made— (a) regulation 14, for the purposes of the Secretary of State granting consents under section 14(6) of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986; (b) regulation 18, for the purposes of the Secretary of State granting consents under section 17A of that Act; (c) paragraphs 5 , 7 , 12 , 14 , 16, 25 , and 27 of Schedule 3 (and regulation 42 so far as relating to those paragraphs), for the purposes of the Secretary of State granting authorisations under those paragraphs. (4) Paragraphs (a) and (d) of regulation 26(9) come into force on 1 January 2015.