Additional controls

15 Killing animals at conclusion of regulated procedures.

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 F1as a result of being subjected to the series ,

the person who applied those procedures, or the last of them, shall F2ensure that the animal is immediately killed in accordance with section 15A .

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.