47Unlawfully carrying out animal research

47 Unlawfully carrying out animal research

47 Unlawfully carrying out animal research

(1) An individual shall not carry out animal research unless the individual is the holder of an animal research authority.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

(2) The holder of an animal research authority shall not carry out animal research—

(a) otherwise than as authorised by the authority, or

(b) otherwise than with the approval, and in accordance with the directions, of the animal care and ethics committee specified in the authority.

Maximum penalty—30 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

(3) Without limiting subsection (2), a person must not carry out either of the following—

(a) a forced swim test,

(b) a forced smoke inhalation experiment.

Maximum penalty—30 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

(3) (Repealed)

s 47: Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1997 No 25, Sch 1 [30]–[33]; 2024 No 9, Sch 1[3].