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Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986
26Offences relating to scientific procedures carried out at scientific premises
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26 Offences relating to scientific procedures carried out at scientific premises
S. 26(1) amended by No. 65/2007 s. 97.
(1) A person who occupies a scientific premises must not cause or allow scientific procedures to be carried out on those premises unless that person holds a scientific procedures premises licence for that premises that authorises the carrying out of those procedures.
S. 26(2) amended by Nos 65/2007 s. 97, 60/2012 s. 43(1).
(2) A person who occupies a premises at which scientific procedures are carried out or are proposed to be carried out must nominate a natural person to be responsible for any procedures carried out on those premises.
S. 26(3) amended by Nos 65/2007 s. 97, 60/2012 s. 43(2).
(3) A person nominated under subsection (2) must not cause or allow scientific procedures to be carried out at the premises for which he or she has been nominated unless the nominated person reasonably believes that the occupier of the premises is the holder of a scientific procedures premises licence for that premises that authorises the carrying out of those procedures.
S. 26(4) amended by No. 65/2007 s. 97.
(4) A person must not carry out a scientific procedure at a scientific premises unless the person carrying out the procedure reasonably believes that the occupier of the premises is the holder of a scientific procedures premises licence for that premises that authorises the carrying out of those procedures.
S. 27 amended by No. 77/1995 s. 27, substituted by No. 103/2003 s. 37.