{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-scientific-procedures-act-1986/schedule-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-scientific-procedures-act-1986/schedule-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/14",
  "legislation_title": "Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-scientific-procedures-act-1986",
  "path": "schedule/2",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "ANIMALS THAT ARE “RELEVANT PROTECTED ANIMALS” FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 2B",
  "text": "Any mouse of the species Mus musculus\nAny rat of the species Rattus norvegicus\nGuinea-pig\nAny hamster of the species Mesocricetus auratus or Cricetulus griseus\nAny rabbit of the species Oryctolagus cuniculus\nDog\nCat\nPrimate\nAny bird of the species Coturnix coturnix (quail).\nPig, if genetically modified\nSheep, if genetically modified\nFerret\nAny gerbil of the species Meriones unguiculatus\nAny frog of the species Xenopus laevis, Xenopus tropicalis, Rana temporaria or Rana pipiens\nZebra fish",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 heading substituted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 26(18)(a) (with Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 shoulder reference substituted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 26(18)(b) (with Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 substituted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 26(18)(c) (with Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 substituted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 26(18)(d) (with Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 substituted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 26(18)(e) (with Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 substituted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 26(18)(f) (with Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 added (1.10.1993) by S.I. 1993/2103, art. 4; (and for N.I. (15.11.1993) by S.R. 1993/407, art. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 inserted (N.I.) (1.1.1999) by S.R. 1998/331, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 substituted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 26(18)(g) (with Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 inserted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 26(18)(h) (with Sch. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/14/schedule/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:27.371223+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}