# Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, Section 15: Killing animals at conclusion of regulated procedures.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Where a protected animal—
(a) has been subjected to a series of regulated procedures for a particular purpose; and
(b) at the conclusion of the series is suffering or likely to suffer adverse effects as a result of being subjected to the series ,
the person who applied those procedures, or the last of them, shall ensure that the animal is immediately killed in accordance with section 15A .
(2) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/14/section/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/animals-scientific-procedures-act-1986/section-15
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