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3. In section 5 (project licences), for subsection (5) there shall be substituted—
“(5) The Secretary of State shall not grant a project licence unless he is satisfied—
(a)that the purpose of the programme to be specified in the licence cannot be achieved satisfactorily by any other reasonably practicable method not entailing the use of protected animals; and
(b)that the regulated procedures to be used are those which use the minimum number of animals, involve animals with the lowest degree of neurophysiological sensitivity, cause the least pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm, and are most likely to produce satisfactory results.”.
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