# Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, Paragraph 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

... The methods of humane killing listed in Tables A and B below are appropriate for the animals listed in the corresponding entries in those tables only if the process of killing is completed by one of the methods listed in sub-paragraphs (a) to (f) below:
(a) confirmation of permanent cessation of the circulation
(b) destruction of the brain
(c) dislocation of the neck
(d) exsanguination
(e) confirming the onset of rigor mortis
(f) instantaneous destruction of the body in a macerator.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/14/schedule/1/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/animals-scientific-procedures-act-1986/schedule-1/paragraph-1
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