Section 15 Killing animals at conclusion of regulated procedures.
United Kingdom
Where a protected animal—
has been subjected to a series of regulated procedures for a particular purpose; and
at the conclusion of the series is suffering or likely to suffer adverse effects F1as a result of being subjected to the series ,
the person who applied those procedures, or the last of them, shall F2ensure that the animal is immediately killed in accordance with section 15A .
Subsection (1) above is without prejudice to any condition of a project licence requiring an animal to be killed at the conclusion of a regulated procedure in circumstances other than those mentioned in that subsection.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 15(1)(b) inserted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 26(7)(a) (with Sch. 3)
- F2
Words in s. 15(1) substituted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 26(7)(b) (with Sch. 3)