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Section 27(4).
1Any licence which immediately before the coming into force of section 3 of this Act is in force under the [1876 c. 77.] Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 (in this Schedule referred to as "the previous Act" shall until such date as it would have expired under that Act be treated for the purposes of this Act as if it were a personal licence.
2(1)Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, any experiment or series of experiments which is lawfully in progress under the previous Act immediately before the coming into force of section 3 of this Act shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as authorised by a project licence.
(2)The Secretary of State may direct that sub-paragraph (1) above shall cease to have effect on such date as he may specify ; and different dates may be specified in relation to different cases.
3A person shall not by virtue of paragraphs 1 or 2 above be entitled to do anything which would have been unlawful under the previous Act without such a certificate as is mentioned in paragraph (2) or (3) of the proviso to section 3 of that Act or in section 5 of that Act unless immediately before the coming into force of section 3 of this Act he holds the appropriate certificate under that Act.
4Until such date as the. Secretary of State may direct there shall be treated as a designated scientific procedure establishment for the purposes of this Act any place registered under the previous-Act or approved by the Secretary of State.
5Any person who at the coming into force of section 18 of this Act holds office as an inspector under the previous Act shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as an inspector appointed under that section.
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