S.L. 439.20 Art. 24Specific requirements for personnel.

(1) The competent authority in Malta shall ensure that each breeder, supplier and user has one or several persons on site who shall:

(a) be responsible for overseeing the welfare and care of the animals in the establishment;

(b) ensure that the staff dealing with animals have access to information specific to the species housed in the establishment;

(c) be responsible for ensuring that the staff are adequately educated, competent and continuously trained and that they are supervised until they have demonstrated the requisite competence.

(2) The competent authority in Malta shall ensure that persons specified in regulation 40(2)(b) shall:

(a) ensure that any unnecessary pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm that is being inflicted on an animal in the course of a procedure is stopped; and

(b) ensure that the projects are carried out in accordance with the project authorisation or, in the cases referred to in regulation 42, in accordance with the application sent to the competent authority or any decision taken by the competent authority, and ensure that in the event of non-compliance, the appropriate measures to rectify it are taken and recorded.