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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-scientific-procedures-act-1986/schedule-1/table/A",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/14",
  "legislation_title": "Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-scientific-procedures-act-1986",
  "path": "schedule/1/table/A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "Table A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A. Methods for animals other than foetal, larval and embryonic forms\nAnimals for which appropriate\n1. Overdose of an anaesthetic using a route and an anaesthetic agent appropriate for the size and species of animal.\nAll animals\n2. Exposure to carbon dioxide gas in a rising concentration.\nBirds and Rodents up to 1.5 kg (but not neonatal rodents)\n3. Dislocation of the neck (with the prior use of a sedative or anaesthetic in the case of rodents and rabbits over 150 g and birds over 250 g).\nRodents up to 500g Rabbits up to 1 kg\nBirds up to 1 kg\n4. Concussion of the brain by striking the cranium.\nRodents and Rabbits up to 1 kg\nBirds up to 250g Amphibians and reptiles (with destruction of the brain before the return of consciousness) up to 1 kg\nFishes (with destruction of the brain before the return of consciousness)\n5. One of the recognised methods of slaughter set out below which is appropriate to the animal and is performed by a registered veterinary surgeon, or, in the case of the methods described in paragraph (ii) below, performed by the holder of a certificate of competence or licence granted under the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015 or the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (Wales) Regulations 2014, or a certificate of competence granted under the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (Scotland) Regulations 2012—\n(i) Destruction of the brain by free bullet, using appropriate rifles, guns and ammunition or\n(ii) captive bolt ... or electrical stunning followed by destruction of the brain or exsanguination before return of consciousness.\nUngulates",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 substituted (E.W.S.) (1.3.1997) and (N.I.) (9.6.1997) by S.I. 1996/3278, art. 2, Sch.; S.R. 1997/226, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 Table A substituted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 16(4)(a) (with Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 Table A inserted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 16(4)(b) (with Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 Table A substituted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 16(4)(c) (with Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 Table A substituted (5.11.2015) by The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1782), reg. 1(4), Sch. 6 para. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 Table A inserted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 16(4)(d) (with Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 1 Table A omitted (1.1.2013) by virtue of The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 16(4)(d) (with Sch. 3)"
    }
  ],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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