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Statutory Instruments
ANIMALS
Made
3rd July 1998
Laid before Parliament
17th July 1998
Coming into force
1st January 1999
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 7(9) of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986(1), the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act (Amendment to Schedule 2) Order 1998.
(2) This Order shall come into force on 1st January 1999.
(3) This Order does not extend to Northern Ireland.
2. At the end of Schedule 2 to the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (animals to be obtained only from designated breeding or supplying establishments)(2), there shall be added—
“Ferret
Gerbil
Pig, if genetically modified
Sheep, if genetically modified”.
Gareth Williams
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
3rd July 1998
(This note is not part of the Order)
Article 2 of this Order adds references to ferrets and gerbils and to pigs and sheep, if genetically modified, to the list of animals in Schedule 2 to the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. That Schedule lists animals which must be obtained from designated breeding or supplying establishments.
Schedule 2 has been amended by S.I. 1993/2103.
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