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1. This Order may be cited as the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act (Amendment) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 1st October 1993.
2. In this Order, “the Act of 1986” means the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
3. For the purposes of the Act of 1986 “a protected animal” shall include any invertebrate of the species Octopus vulgaris from the stage of its development when it becomes capable of independent feeding.
4. At the end of Schedule 2 to the Act of 1986 (animals to be obtained only from designated breeding or supplying establishments), there shall be added—
“Any bird of the species Coturnix coturnix (quail).”.
Michael Howard
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
23rd August 1993
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