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Animal Welfare Act 1999

Use of animals in research, testing, and teaching - Reviews of code holders and animal ethics committees

116: Level of compliance

You could also call this:

"How well you follow the animal welfare rules"

The Director-General gets a copy of a final report about you, a code holder. They tell you in writing if you are doing a good job following the rules. They say if you are doing well or not. If you are not doing well, the Director-General tells you what you need to do to improve. They inform you in writing about the actions you must take to do better.

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Part 6Use of animals in research, testing, and teaching
Reviews of code holders and animal ethics committees

116Level of compliance

  1. The Director-General must, after receiving a copy of the final report, inform the code holder in writing whether, in the opinion of the Director-General, the report indicates either—

  2. that the code holder has achieved a satisfactory level of compliance; or
    1. that the code holder has not achieved a satisfactory level of compliance.

      1. Where the Director-General is of the opinion that the report shows that the code holder has not achieved a satisfactory level of compliance, the Director-General must inform the code holder in writing of the actions that the code holder is required to take in order to achieve a satisfactory level of compliance.