ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 2002 - SECT 6

ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 2002 - SECT 6

6 .         Unlicensed use of animals for scientific purposes prohibited

        (1)         A person must not use animals for scientific purposes unless —

            (a)         the person is —

                  (i)         a scientific establishment that holds; or

                  (ii)         a member of staff of, or a student at, a scientific establishment that holds,

                a licence authorising that use; and

            (b)         the animal ethics committee of the scientific establishment has given approval, in accordance with the scientific use code, for that person to so use the animals; and

            (c)         the person uses the animals in accordance with that licence and approval.

        Penalty: $50 000 and imprisonment for 5 years.

        (2)         A licensed scientific establishment must not allow animals to be used for scientific purposes at a place to which that licence relates unless that use is permitted under subsection (1).

        Penalty: $50 000 and imprisonment for 5 years.