Article 5 Purposes of procedures

Procedures may be carried out for the following purposes only:

1. (a)

   basic research;

2. (b)

   translational or applied research with any of the following aims:

   1. (i)

      the avoidance, prevention, diagnosis or treatment of disease, ill-health or other abnormality or their effects in human beings, animals or plants;

   2. (ii)

      the assessment, detection, regulation or modification of physiological conditions in human beings, animals or plants; or

   3. (iii)

      the welfare of animals and the improvement of the production conditions for animals reared for agricultural purposes;

3. (c)

   for any of the aims in point (b) in the development, manufacture or testing of the quality, effectiveness and safety of drugs, foodstuffs and feed-stuffs and other substances or products;

4. (d)

   protection of the natural environment in the interests of the health or welfare of human beings or animals;

5. (e)

   research aimed at preservation of the species;

6. (f)

   higher education, or training for the acquisition, maintenance or improvement of vocational skills;

7. (g)

   forensic inquiries.