Section 30 Short title, interpretation and commencement.E1

This Act may be cited as the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.

In this Act—

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• “ personal licence ” means a licence granted under section 4 above;

• “ place ” includes any place within the seaward limits of the territorial waters of the United Kingdom, including any vessel other than a ship which is not a British ship;

• “ project licence ” means a licence granted under section 5 above;

• “ protected animal ” has the meaning given in section 1 above but subject to any order under subsection (3) of that section;

• “ regulated procedure ” has the meaning given in section 2 above.

• F3“section 2C licence” means a licence granted under section 2C.

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This Act shall come into force on such date as the Secretary of State may by order appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions or different purposes.