24Reporting requirements—the Act, s 62

24 Reporting requirements—the Act, s 62

24 Reporting requirements—the Act, s 62

(1) This section applies to the following persons—

(a) accredited research establishments, other than school-based establishments,

(b) holders of animal research authorities.

(2) A person to whom this section applies must, by 31 March in each year, send a report in the approved form to the Secretary on the person’s work and activities during the period of 12 months ending on 31 December in the previous year.

Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.

(3) If the ethics committee of an accredited research establishment supervises the carrying out of animal research by an independent researcher, the report must include information relating to the independent researcher’s work and activities.

(4) If a domestic dog or a domestic cat is used in connection with animal research, the report must set out whether—

(a) the animal has been kept for that use, or

(b) the animal has been dealt with in some other way, including whether it has been euthanased or rehomed.

(5) The report must, where relevant, include the following information—

(a) the total number of animals rehomed under the Act, section 54C,

(b) the total number of animals unable to be rehomed under the Act, section 54C and a summary of the reasons the animals were unable to be rehomed,

(c) the number of applications made under the Act, section 54C(4)(a),

(d) the number of applications made under the Act, section 54C(4)(a) that were approved,

(e) the number of applications made under the Act, section 54C(4)(a) that were refused,

(f) the length of each animal research project for which an application under the Act, section 54C(4)(a) was approved,

(g) the total number of certificates received by the authorised person under the Act, section 54E and a summary of the reasons the animals were unsuitable to be rehomed,

(h) for an animal that was euthanased, whether the animal was euthanased—