{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/good-laboratory-practice-regulations-1997/schedule-2/paragraph-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/good-laboratory-practice-regulations-1997/schedule-2/paragraph-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/654",
  "legislation_title": "The Good Laboratory Practice Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/good-laboratory-practice-regulations-1997",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/10",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Biological test systems",
  "text": "Taking account of the relevant aspects referred to above relating to care, housing or containment of biological test systems, the inspector should check that—\ntest systems are as specified in study plans,\ntest systems are adequately identified,\nanimals are adequately and, if necessary and appropriate, uniquely identified throughout the study,\nhousing or containers of test systems are properly identified with all the necessary information,\nthere is an adequate separation of studies being conducted on the same animal species (or the same biological test system) but with different substances,\nthe biological test system environment is as specified in the study plan or in standard operating procedures for aspects such as temperature or light/dark cycles,\nthe recording of the receipt, handling, housing or containment, care and health evaluation is appropriate to the test systems,\nwritten records are kept of examination, quarantine, morbidity, behaviour, diagnosis and treatment of animal and plant test systems or other similar aspects as appropriate to each biological test system,\nthere are provisions for the appropriate disposal of test systems at the end of tests.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/654/schedule/2/paragraph/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:22:49.085052+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}