Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, 1986 Latest Update with Complete Solutions
Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, 1986 Latest
Update with Complete Solutions
ASPA - -Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, 1986
Protected Animal - -- Any living vertebrate, except man, and any living cephalopod.
- Protected from two-thirds of the way through the gestation or incubation period or when capable of
independent feeding.
- Cephalopods - from when they hatch
Living - -Continuing to live until the permanent cessation of circulation or the destruction of its brain
Regulated Procedure - -Any procedure applied to a protected animal for a qualifying purpose which may
have the effect of causing the animal a level of pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm equivalent to, or
higher than, that caused by the introduction of a needle in accordance with good veterinary practice
Regulated procedure examples - -- Modifying the genes of a protected animal if this has the potential to
cause the animal pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm
- Those performed under anaesthesia or analgesia if the effect on the animal without the anaesthetic or
analgesic would be to cause pain, suffering distress or lasting harm
- Administering an anaesthetic, an analgesic or other measure to sedate or dull the perception of pain in
a protected animal
- Removing organs, blood or other tissue under general anaesthesia even if the animal is not allowed to
recover consciousness
Non-regulated procedure examples - -- Humane killing using a method under Schedule 1 or in the
Establishment Licence under 2C
- Non-experimental agricultural practices
- Non-experimental clinical veterinary practices
- Veterinary clinical trials
- Ringing, tagging or marking of an animal identification (ear snipping)
Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, 1986 Latest Update with Complete Solutions
, Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, 1986 Latest Update with Complete Solutions
Is it a regulated procedure? - -Am I using a protected animal?
Will there be potential for pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm...equivalent to, or higher, than that
caused by inserting a hypodermic needle?
Is it for a scientific or educational purpose i.e. data being collected?
Delegated Procedures - -- Filling food hoppers and water bottles
- Withdrawal of food or water
- Placing animals in an altered environment
- Exposure to doses of radiation
- Pairing animals with harmful genetic defects
- Placing animals in restraining devices
- Operating machinery for inoculating eggs
- Placing eggs in chillers at the end of a procedure
3 tier licencing system
(Person-Project-Place) - -- Personal Licence (PIL)
- Project Licence (PPL)
- Establishment Licence (PEL)
Personal Licence (PIL) - -- PIL holder has primary responsibility for the animals
- A Personal Licence qualifies the holder to apply regulated procedures to particular species provided
Project Licence authority exists and the procedures are performed at Licenced Establishment
PIL Licence categories - -A. Minor/minimally invasive procedures not requiring sedation, analgesia or
general anaesthesia
B. Minor/minimally invasive procedures involving sedation, analgesia or brief general anaesthesia;
surgical procedures conducted under brief non-recovery general anaesthesia
C. Surgical procedures involving general anaesthesia; administration and maintenance of balanced or
prolonged general anaesthesia
F. Other (includes prolonged anaesthesia with no surgery)
Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, 1986 Latest Update with Complete Solutions
Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, 1986 Latest
Update with Complete Solutions
ASPA - -Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, 1986
Protected Animal - -- Any living vertebrate, except man, and any living cephalopod.
- Protected from two-thirds of the way through the gestation or incubation period or when capable of
independent feeding.
- Cephalopods - from when they hatch
Living - -Continuing to live until the permanent cessation of circulation or the destruction of its brain
Regulated Procedure - -Any procedure applied to a protected animal for a qualifying purpose which may
have the effect of causing the animal a level of pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm equivalent to, or
higher than, that caused by the introduction of a needle in accordance with good veterinary practice
Regulated procedure examples - -- Modifying the genes of a protected animal if this has the potential to
cause the animal pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm
- Those performed under anaesthesia or analgesia if the effect on the animal without the anaesthetic or
analgesic would be to cause pain, suffering distress or lasting harm
- Administering an anaesthetic, an analgesic or other measure to sedate or dull the perception of pain in
a protected animal
- Removing organs, blood or other tissue under general anaesthesia even if the animal is not allowed to
recover consciousness
Non-regulated procedure examples - -- Humane killing using a method under Schedule 1 or in the
Establishment Licence under 2C
- Non-experimental agricultural practices
- Non-experimental clinical veterinary practices
- Veterinary clinical trials
- Ringing, tagging or marking of an animal identification (ear snipping)
Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, 1986 Latest Update with Complete Solutions
, Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, 1986 Latest Update with Complete Solutions
Is it a regulated procedure? - -Am I using a protected animal?
Will there be potential for pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm...equivalent to, or higher, than that
caused by inserting a hypodermic needle?
Is it for a scientific or educational purpose i.e. data being collected?
Delegated Procedures - -- Filling food hoppers and water bottles
- Withdrawal of food or water
- Placing animals in an altered environment
- Exposure to doses of radiation
- Pairing animals with harmful genetic defects
- Placing animals in restraining devices
- Operating machinery for inoculating eggs
- Placing eggs in chillers at the end of a procedure
3 tier licencing system
(Person-Project-Place) - -- Personal Licence (PIL)
- Project Licence (PPL)
- Establishment Licence (PEL)
Personal Licence (PIL) - -- PIL holder has primary responsibility for the animals
- A Personal Licence qualifies the holder to apply regulated procedures to particular species provided
Project Licence authority exists and the procedures are performed at Licenced Establishment
PIL Licence categories - -A. Minor/minimally invasive procedures not requiring sedation, analgesia or
general anaesthesia
B. Minor/minimally invasive procedures involving sedation, analgesia or brief general anaesthesia;
surgical procedures conducted under brief non-recovery general anaesthesia
C. Surgical procedures involving general anaesthesia; administration and maintenance of balanced or
prolonged general anaesthesia
F. Other (includes prolonged anaesthesia with no surgery)
Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, 1986 Latest Update with Complete Solutions
