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Animal Welfare Act 1999

Use of animals in research, testing, and teaching - Animal ethics committees

104: Protection of members of animal ethics committees

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"Law protects animal ethics committee members who try to do the right thing"

If you are a member of an animal ethics committee, you are protected by law. You are not personally responsible for anything you do or do not do as a member of the committee, as long as you act in good faith. This means you will not be held liable for your actions if you are trying to do the right thing as a committee member.

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Part 6Use of animals in research, testing, and teaching
Animal ethics committees

104Protection of members of animal ethics committees

  1. No member of an animal ethics committee is personally liable for any act done or omitted by the member or the committee in good faith in the course of the operations of the committee.