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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/serious-organised-crime-and-police-act-2005/section-148",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/15",
  "legislation_title": "Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/serious-organised-crime-and-police-act-2005",
  "path": "section/148",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "148",
  "heading": "Animal research organisations",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of sections 145 and 146 “animal research organisation” means any person or organisation falling within subsection (1A), (2) or (3).\n(1A) A person or organisation falls within this subsection if the person or organisation holds a licence granted under section 2C of the 1986 Act (licensing of undertakings involving the use of animals for scientific procedures).\n(2) A person or organisation falls within this subsection if he or it is the owner, lessee or licensee of premises constituting or including a place specified in a licence granted under that section or under section 5 of the 1986 Act (licensing of projects involving the use of animals for scientific procedures).\n(3) A person or organisation falls within this subsection if he or it employs, or engages under a contract for services, any of the following in his capacity as such—\n(za) the holder of a licence granted under section 2C of the 1986 Act,\n(zb) a person specified under section 2C(5) of that Act,\n(a) the holder of a personal licence granted under section 4 of the 1986 Act, or\n(b) the holder of a project licence granted under section 5 of that Act,\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) The Secretary of State may by order amend this section so as to include a reference to any description of persons whom he considers to be involved in, or to have a direct connection with persons who are involved in, the application of regulated procedures.\n(5) In this section—\n“the 1986 Act” means the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (c. 14);\n“organisation” includes any institution, trust, undertaking or association of persons;\n“premises” includes any place within the meaning of the 1986 Act;\n“regulated procedures” has the meaning given by section 2 of the 1986 Act.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 148(1) inserted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 28(2) (with Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 148(1A) inserted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 28(3) (with Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 148(2) substituted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 28(4) (with Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 148(3)(za)(zb) inserted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 28(5)(a) (with Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in s. 148(3)(a) inserted (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 28(5)(b) (with Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 148(3)(c)(d) omitted (1.1.2013) by virtue of The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 28(5)(c) (with Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 148 in force at 1.7.2005 by S.I. 2005/1521, art. 3(1)(t)"
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:35:19.224345+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."
}