S.L. 439.20 Art. 10Animals bred for use in procedures.

(1) The competent authority shall ensure that animals belonging to the species listed in Annex I may only be used in procedures where those animals have been bred for use in procedures:

Provided that from the dates set out in Annex II, the competent authority shall ensure that non-human primates listed therein may be used in procedures only where they are the offspring of non-human primates which have been bred in captivity or where they are sourced from self-sustaining colonies:

Provided further that for the purposes of this regulation a ‘self-sustaining colony’ means a colony in which animals are bred only within the colony or sourced from other colonies but not taken from the wild, and where the animals are kept in a way that ensures that they are accustomed to humans.

(2) The competent authority may grant exemptions from sub-regulation (1) on the basis of scientific justification.