Section 148: Animal research organisations
380.Section 148 defines animal research organisations for the purposes of the two offences in sections 145 and 146. The persons and organisations are listed in subsections (2) and (3). Subsection (2) describes the first group of people and organisations: they are the owners, lessees or licensees of premises where procedures regulated under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 may take place or where animals to be used in such procedures may be bred or supplied from. Subsection (3) lists a second category of persons and organisations: they are the employers of holders of licences to carry out regulated procedures on animals, and of persons named in certificates designating places where the breeding or supply of animals for use in such procedures may take place, and those who engage such people under contracts for their services.
381.Subsection (4) gives the Secretary of State a power, by means of an order subject to the affirmative resolution procedure, to amend the section to include any other description of persons who are involved in regulated procedures under the 1986 Act, or have a direct connection with such persons.
