ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 1992 - SECT 44 Authorisation renewal

ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 1992 - SECT 44

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     an application is made under section 37 (Application for authorisation) by an authorisation holder; and

        (b)     the application is for renewal of the holder's authorisation; and

        (c)     the application is made not later than 14 days before the day the authorisation term ends.

    (2)     The authorisation remains in force, subject to this Act, until the application is decided under section 38 (Decision about authorisation application).

    (3)     If the animal ethics committee grants the authorisation applied for, the renewal of the authorisation begins on the day after the day the authorisation being renewed ends.

    (4)     A suspended authorisation may be renewed, but the renewed authorisation is suspended until the suspension ends.

    (5)     In this section:

"renewal", of an authorisation, means the grant of the authorisation that is to begin on the day after the day the authorisation being renewed ends.