(1)Where a protected animal—
(a)has been subjected to a series of regulated procedures for a particular purpose; and
(b)has been given a general anaesthetic for any of those procedures and allowed to recover consciousness,
it shall not be used for any further regulated procedures.
(2)Subsection (1) above shall not preclude the use of an animal with the consent of the Secretary of State if—
(a)the procedure, or each procedure, for which the anaesthetic was given consisted only of surgical preparation essential for a subsequent procedure; or
(b)the anaesthetic was administered solely to immobilise the animal; or
(c)the animal is under general anaesthesia throughout the further procedures and not allowed to recover consciousness.
(3)Where a protected animal—
(a)has been subjected to a series of regulated procedures for a particular purpose; but
(b)has not been given a general anaesthetic for any of those procedures,
it shall not be used for any further regulated procedures except with the consent of the Secretary of State.
(4)Any consent for the purposes of this section may relate to a specified animal or to animals used in specified procedures or specified circumstances.
Extent Information
E1In its application to Northern Ireland, this section has effect subject to the modifications set out in s. 29, see s. 29(1)
(1)Where a protected animal—
(a)has been subjected to a series of regulated procedures for a particular purpose; and
(b)at the conclusion of the series is suffering or likely to suffer adverse effects,
the person who applied those procedures, or the last of them, shall cause the animal to be immediately killed by a method appropriate to the animal under Schedule 1 to this Act or by such other method as may be authorised by the personal licence of the person by whom the animal is killed.
(2)Subsection (1) above is without prejudice to any condition of a project licence requiring an animal to be killed at the conclusion of a regulated procedure in circumstances other than those mentioned in that subsection.
(1)No person shall carry out any regulated procedure as an exhibition to the general public or carry out any such procedure which is shown live on television for general reception.
(2)No person shall publish a notice or advertisement announcing the carrying out of any regulated procedure in a manner that would contravene subsection (1) above.
No person shall in the course of a regulated procedure—
(a)use any neuromuscular blocking agent unless expressly authorised to do so by the personal and project licences under which the procedure is carried out; or
(b)use any such agent instead of an anaesthetic.