S.L. 439.13 Art. 6Purposes of procedures.

Procedures may only be carried out for the following purposes:

(a) basic research;

(b) applied research with any of the following aims:

(i) the avoidance, prevention, diagnosis or treatment of disease, ill-health or other abnormality or their effects in human beings, animals or plants;

(ii) the assessment, detection, regulation or modification of physiological conditions in human beings, animals or plants; or

(iii) the welfare of animals and the improvement of the production conditions for animals reared for agricultural purposes;

(c) for any of the aims in paragraph (b) in the development, manufacture or testing of the quality, effectiveness and safety of drugs, foodstuffs and feed-stuffs and other substances or products;

(d) protection of the natural environment in the interests of the health or welfare of human beings or animals;

(e) research aimed at preservation of the species;

(f) higher education, or training for the acquisition, maintenance or improvement of professional skills;

(g) forensic inquiries.