# Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, Section 148: Animal research organisations

Extent: E+W

(1) For the purposes of sections 145 and 146 “animal research organisation” means any person or organisation falling within subsection (1A), (2) or (3).
(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).
(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).
(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—
(za) the holder of a licence granted under section 2C of the 1986 Act,
(zb) a person specified under section 2C(5) of that Act,
(a) the holder of a personal licence granted under section 4 of the 1986 Act, or
(b) the holder of a project licence granted under section 5 of that Act,
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(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.
(5) In this section—
“the 1986 Act” means the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (c. 14);
“organisation” includes any institution, trust, undertaking or association of persons;
“premises” includes any place within the meaning of the 1986 Act;
“regulated procedures” has the meaning given by section 2 of the 1986 Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/15/section/148 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/serious-organised-crime-and-police-act-2005/section-148
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