145Completion of annual returns

145 Completion of annual returns

(1) The holder of a scientific procedures premises licence, scientific procedures field work licence or a specified animals breeding licence must, on or before 31 March of each year, send to the Department Head a return containing the following—

(a) details of the animals used in scientific procedures carried out under that licence and (if applicable) specified animals bred under that licence during the 12 months ending on 31 December in the previous year; or

(b) if no animals were used in any procedures under the licence, a statement to that effect.

(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1)(a), where one or more animals have been assigned to a scientific procedure approved by an Animal Ethics Committee, a return for a scientific procedures premises licence or a scientific procedures field work licence must specify the following matters in the form determined by the Minister—

(a) the name of the licence holder;

(b) the type, name and number of the licence;

(c) the project number given to the project by the relevant Animal Ethics Committee;

(d) the date the project was approved by the relevant Animals Ethics Committee;

(e) the type of animal or animals;

(f) the source of the animal or animals;

(g) the procedure or breeding option for the animal or animals;

(h) the overall purpose of the project;

(i) the impact of the project on the animals used;

(j) the benefit of the project to humans or animals;

(k) the number of animals used;

(l) the number of animals that died, including the number of animals that were humanely destroyed during the project or breeding program.

(3) For the purposes of subregulation (1)(a), where breeding of specified animals has occurred, a return for a scientific procedures premises licence, a scientific procedures field work licence or a specified animals breeding licence for those animals must specify the following matters in the form determined by the Minister—

(a) the name of the licence holder;

(b) the type, name and number of the licence;

(c) the identification number given to the breeding approval by the relevant Animal Ethics Committee;

(d) the date the breeding was approved by the relevant Animals Ethics Committee;

(e) the type of animal;

(f) the source of the animal or animals;

(g) the procedure or breeding option used;

(h) the overall purpose of the breeding;

(i) the impact of the project on the animal or animals;