List of Laboratory Animal Legislation in United Kingdom

List of Laboratory Animal Law: Legal Control of the Use of Animals in Research

Some early Acts (for example, the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876) are relevant to laboratory animal law but are no longer applicable, having been repealed. Some legislation dealing with animals, such as the Performing Animal (Regulation) Act 1925, are hardly relevant to the law on laboratory animals. The Breeding and Sale of Dogs (Welfare) Act 1999 for example, is concerned with the pet trade so does not apply to Designated Establishments.

List of Statutes

• Animals Act 1971
• Animal Health Act 1981
• Animal Health Act 2002
• Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984
• Animal Welfare Act 2006
• Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986
• Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968 and 1972
• Bees Act 1980
• Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001
• Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (Extended in 2003)
• Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000
• Cruelty to Animals Act 1835, 1849, 1876
• Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976
• Data Protection Act 1998
• Diseases of Animals Act 1950
• Diseases of Fish Act 1983
• Docking and Nicking of Horses Act 1949
• Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976
• Environmental Protection Act 1990
• Farriers (Registrations) Acts 1975 and 1977
• Firearms Act 1968
• Freedom of Information Act 2000
• Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
• Industrial Diseases Act 1981
• Malicious Communications Act 1988
• Martin’s Act 1822
• Medicines Act 1968
• Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
• Organised Crime and Police Act
• Pests Act 1954
• Poisons Act 1972
• Prevention of Terrorism Acts 2000 and 2005
• Protection of Animals Act 1911
• Protection of Animals Act (Scotland) 1912
• Protection of Animals (Anaesthetics) Acts 1954 and 1964
• Protection of Badgers Act 1973
• Public Order Act 1986 (amended 2003)
• Rabies Act 1974
• Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966
• Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

List of Statutory Instruments

• Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 (Consequential Provisions) (England and Wales) Order 2006
• Animals (Scientific Procedures) (Procedures for Representations) Rules 1986
• Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act (Amendment) Order 1993
• Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Amendment) Regulations 1998
• Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) Regulations (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
• Artificial Insemination Regulations (Various)
• Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997
• Conveyance of Live Poultry Order 1919
• COSHH Regulations 1994, 1998 and 2002
• Diseases of Fish (Definition of ‘Infected’) Order 1984
• Diseases of Fish Regulations 1984
• Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 2000 and Amendment 2005
• Genetically Modified Organisms Orders (Various)
• Good Laboratory Practice (Codification Amendments Etc) Regulations 2004 No 994
• Importation of Animals Order 1977 amended 1996
• Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
• Medicines (Hormone Growth Promoters) (Prohibition of Use) Regulations 1988
• Misuse of Drugs (Amendment No 3) Regulations 2006
• Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992
• Poisons Lists Order 1978
• Poisons Rules 1982
• Rabies (Control) Order 1974
• Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals (England) (Amendment)) Order 2004
• Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974
• Rabies Virus Order 1979
• Removal of Antlers in Velvet (Anaesthetics) Order 1980

Resources

See Also

• Laboratory Animal Legislation
• Animal Law

Further Reading

• Animal Procedures Committee Annual Reports 1989 to 2005. HMSO, London.
• Animal Procedures Committee (2005) Report of Statistics Working Group. HMSO, London.
• Animal Procedures Committee (2002) Report on the Use of Primates under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act (1986) – Analysis of Current Trends with Particular Reference to Regulatory Toxicology. APC, London.
• Office and Department of Trade and Industry, London.
• Barclay, R.J., Herbert, W.J. & Poole, T.B. (1988) The Disturbance Index: A Behavioural
• Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (1999) The Use of Animals in Research, BBSRC Swindon.
• Brooman, S. & Legge, D. (1997) Law Relating to Animals. Cavendish Publishing, London.
• Code of Practice for the Housing and Care of Animals used in Scientific Procedures (1989). HMSO, London
• Cooper, M. (1987) An Introduction to Animal Law. Academic Press, London.
• de Smith, S.A. (1978) Constitutional and Administrative Law. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth.
• Dolan, K. & Tobin, S. (1994) The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, Resource Book for Personal Licence Holders. Spot on Training, London.
• Expert Group on Efficient Regulation (2001) The Regulation of the Use of Animals in Scientific Procedures. EGER, PO Box 108, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 6FW.
• Fraser, A.F. & Broom, D.M. (1990) Farm Animal Behaviour and Welfare. Baillière Tindall, London.
• Health and Safety Executive (1990) What you should know about Allergy to Laboratory Animals. HSE Books, London.
• Biomedical Research. The Royal Society of Medicine Press, London.
• Home Office (1987) Guidelines on Eye Irritation/Corrosion Tests (‘Draize’ Eye Test) 1987. Home Office, London.
• Home Office (1998) Survey of Welfare Standards for Dogs within Designated Establishments. The Stationery Office, London.
• Home Office (2001) Guidance Note: The Conduct of Regulatory Toxicology and Safety Evaluation Studies. Home Office, London.
• Home Office (2002) Guidance Note: Non-Rodent Selection in Pharmaceutical Toxicology. Home
• Home Office Guidance Note (1993) Projects for Educational Purposes. Home Office, London.
• House of Lords (2002) Select Committee on Animals in Scientific Procedures Report. HMSO,
• Kean, Hilda (1998) Animal Rights, Political and Social Change in Britain since 1880. Reaktion Books, London.
• Bred for Scientific Purposes, LABA (n.p.)
• LASA (1998) The Ethical Review Process in Academia. LASA, Tamworth.
• LAVA (1998) The Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 and the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 – a conflict of legislative requirements. LAVA Position Paper, LAVA, London.
• Linzey, W. (1984) Animal Rights. SCM Press, London.
• Lund, V. (1997) ‘Postgraduate teaching in farm animal welfare and ethics’. Animal Welfare 6: 105–21.
• Marsh, N. & Haywood, S. (1985) Animal Experimentation. FRAME, London.
• Moss, Arthur M. (1961) Valiant Crusader. The History of the RSPCA. Cassell, London.
• OECD (1982) GLP in the Testing of Chemicals, Final Report of the OECD Expert Group on GLP. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Geneva.
• PCD Circulars (2000–2006) Letters to Certificate Holders containing topical information on A(SP)A matters. Home Office, London.
• Radford, Mike (2001) Animal Welfare Law in Britain. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
• RCVS (1999) Legislation Affecting the Veterinary Profession in the UK. Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, London.
• RSPCA (1994) Ethical Concern for Animals. Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Horsham.
• Russell, W.M.S. and Burch, R.L. (1992) The Principles of Humane Experimental Technique. UFAW, South Mimms.
• Sandys-Wynch, G. (1984) Animal Law. Shaw and Sons, London.
• Short, D. & Woodnott, D. (1978) The IAT Manual of Laboratory Animal Practice and Techniques. Granada Publishing Ltd, London.
• Smith, M.W. (ed) (1984) Report of the Working Party on Courses for Animal Licencees. Laboratory Animals 18: 209–20.
• UFAW (ed T.B. Poole) (1999) Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory Animals, 7th edn. Blackwell Science, Oxford.
• Wards Journal of Refinement Recognition (1997) Refinement Project Manuscript Summaries. Wards Inc., Vienna.