# Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, Paragraph 8


(1) A section 2C licence must include conditions requiring the holder—
(a) to maintain records of the information mentioned in sub-paragraph (2);
(b) to retain any such record for a period determined in accordance with the licence (being a period of at least five years); and
(c) to make any such record that is being retained available to the Secretary of State upon request.
(2) The information referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) is—
(a) the origin of each of the animals kept in the place specified in the licence;
(b) the number and species of animals that have been—
(i) bred at that place for use in procedures;
(ii) acquired for the purposes of the undertaking carried on in accordance with the licence;
(iii) supplied elsewhere in the course of that undertaking;
(iv) used in procedures at the place specified in the licence;
(v) released or rehomed;
(c) in the case of any animal acquired for the purposes of the undertaking, the date on which, and the person from whom, it was acquired;
(d) in the case of any animal supplied elsewhere or rehomed, the date on which the animal was supplied or rehomed, and the name and address of the person to whom the animal was provided;
(e) in the case of any animal released, the date on which the animal was released;
(f) in the case of any animal used in a procedure, the project in which it was used;
(g) the number and species of animals that have died in the place specified in the licence and, where known, the cause of death.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/14/schedule/2C/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/animals-scientific-procedures-act-1986/schedule-2C/paragraph-8
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