Regulation 3 Amendments to the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Scotland) Regulations 2012

in the heading and in sub-paragraph (1), for “Invertebrate” substitute “Relevant”;

after sub-paragraph (1), insert—

“(1A)

In this paragraph, “relevant animals” means—

(a)

animals listed in Schedule 2 to the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986; and

(b)

invertebrate animals.”; and

for sub-paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2)

Paragraph (1) does not apply to zebra fish, aquatic molluscs belonging to the phylum Mollusca or aquatic crustaceans belonging to the subphylum Crustacea.”; and

after sub-paragraph (2), insert—

“(3)

The reference to educational activities in sub-paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to—

(a)

vertebrate animals; or

(b)

honey bees (Apis mellifera) or bumble bees (Bombus spp).”.