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Article 7 Animal and human testing

United Kingdom

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1.

Where new tests are carried out for the purposes of this Regulation, tests on animals F1to which the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 applies shall be undertaken only where no other alternatives, which provide adequate reliability and quality of data, are possible.

2.

Tests on non-human primates shall be prohibited for the purposes of this Regulation.

3.

Tests on humans shall not be performed for the purposes of this Regulation. Data obtained from other sources, such as clinical studies, can however be used for the purposes of this Regulation.

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Textual amendments

F1

Words in Art. 7(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Chemicals (Health and Safety) and Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/720), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 16; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)