{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-scientific-procedures-act-1986/schedule-2AA/paragraph-17",
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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/2AA/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A repetition or combination of any of the following procedures, as a result of which the animal is likely to experience short-term mild pain, suffering or distress or which does not cause significant impairment of the animal’s well-being or general condition—\n(a) the assessment of body composition by non-invasive measures with minimal restraint;\n(b) a monitoring electrocardiogram with non-invasive techniques with minimal or no restraint of a habituated animal;\n(c) the application of external telemetry devices that is expected to cause no impairment to a socially adapted animal and does not interfere with normal activity and behaviour;\n(d) the breeding of a genetically altered animal which is expected to have no clinically detectable adverse phenotype;\n(e) the addition of inert markers in the diet to follow passage of digesta;\n(f) the withdrawal of food for less than 24 hours in an adult rat;\n(g) open field behavioural testing of a mouse.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2AA inserted (19.6.2026) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/663), reg. 1(1), Sch."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/14/schedule/2AA/paragraph/17",
    "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."
}