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Animal Welfare Act 1999

Use of animals in research, testing, and teaching - Restrictions

84: Power to carry out certain projects

You could also call this:

"Doing research or teaching with animals without approval, if you follow certain rules"

You can do research, testing, or teaching with animals without getting approval under section 91 if certain conditions are met. You must get approval from an animal ethics committee that is set up by someone who has a code of ethical conduct. The person with the code, you, and the animal ethics committee must agree on the arrangements for the research, testing, or teaching.

You also need to make sure the code holder's code of ethical conduct includes policies and procedures for the research, testing, or teaching. The code holder must tell the Director-General in writing about the arrangements before the research, testing, or teaching starts.

This rule applies even if it seems to contradict what is said in sections 82 and 83.

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Part 6Use of animals in research, testing, and teaching
Restrictions

84Power to carry out certain projects

  1. A person may carry out research, testing, or teaching without obtaining, under section 91, approval of a code of ethical conduct and without appointing an animal ethics committee, if—

  2. each project carried out by that person is approved by an animal ethics committee established by a person who is a code holder; and
    1. the policies and procedures relating to the arrangements in relation to the research, testing, or teaching are set out in the code holder's code of ethical conduct; and
      1. the arrangements in relation to the research, testing, or teaching are agreed on by that person, the code holder, and the animal ethics committee; and
        1. the code holder, before the research, testing, or teaching is commenced, gives to the Director-General written notice of the arrangements for the research, testing, or teaching.

          1. This section has effect despite anything in sections 82 and 83.