PIL A/B Roles Exam Questions with Correct Answers Latest Update 2025/2026
Purpose of ASP - Answers o Define legitimate purposes for animal useo
Imposelimitsonpainandsufferingo Provideforinspectionoffacilities&procedures o Ensure
humane standards of husbandry & care o Ensure public accountability
What is the ASC - Answers An independent, non-departmental, public body set up under ASPA
sections 19 and 20. o Responsible for providing impartial, balanced and objective advice to the
Home Office on issues relating to the 1986 Act (as amended).o The Committee is
commissioned for advice by Home Office Ministers and can consider issues of its own
volition.o The Committee has no executive powers
and cannot grant, revoke or vary (amend) licences granted under ASPA.
Schedule 1 - Answers Comprises of TABLE A & TABLE B and 6 approved confirmation
methods of deatho Table A - Methods suitable for Animals other than fetal, larval and
embryonico Table B - Methods suitable for fetal, larval and embryonic forms
Schedule 2 - Answers A list of species that MUST be obtained from a Licenced Breeder/Supplier
Code of Practice - Answers Species specific care & welfare needs:
o Reception, acclimatisation and quarantine o Care of the animals (accommodation, food,
water, bedding, handling and cleaning)o Husbandry tables (environment)o Cage and pen
dimensionso Animal healtho Humane killing and disposal of carcasses
Who is a protected animal - Answers Any living vertebrate other than man and any living
cephalopod.
Definition of living - Answers An animal shall be regarded as continuing to live until the
permanent cessation of circulation or the destruction of its brain.
What is a regulated procedure - Answers 'A regulated procedure means any procedure applied
to a protected animal for a qualifying purpose which may have the effect of causing the animal
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.'
Examples of Regulated Procedures - Answers o Giving an altered dieto Administration of
substances in food & watero Withdrawal of food and watero Administration of substances into
eggso Mating to produce defective offspringo Biopsy of superficial tissues e.g. tail tip, skin, ear,
scales o Administering substances parenterallyo Application of physical restrainto Exposure to
gases, vapours or aerosolso Withdrawal of blood from superficial vesselo Induction of
anaesthesia, local or generalo Killing by a non-schedule 1 methodo Removal of tissues under
terminal anaesthesia
, Procedures - Not Regulated - Answers o Recognised veterinary, agricultural or husbandry
practice. Clinical investigation & management of animal health/welfare
o Ringing, tagging or marking for the primary purpose of identification onlyMicrochip. Ear notch,
DNA sampling to establish identity or provenance of an animal.
o The domain of a Vet in clinical practice - - - Administration of substances to evaluate a
veterinary product (Medicines Act 1968;s32). This does not extend to induction of disease or
withholding of established treatments or control groups.
o Humane killing under Schedule 1 of ASPA
What you can delegate (after competence sign off) - Answers o Filling food hoppers/ water
bottles to include test substances. o Placing animals in pre-defined environmentso Delivering a
dose of radiationo Pairing animals for breeding
o Withdrawal of contents from ruminal fistula o Operating automated egg inoculationo Placing
animals in restraining deviceso Withdrawal of food or water (if in PPL)
o Placing avian eggs in chillers (termination)o Manipulate controls of anaesthetic apparatus
under instruction
The Three Licences - Answers PERSONAL
PROJECT
ESTABLISHMENT
What should an establishment license include - Answers ●● details of the holder of the licence;
●● details of the 'named persons' required by ASPA section 2C(5); and
●● a schedule of premises.
Who are the named persons on the establishment license - Answers NACWO - care and welfare
of animals
NIO- information officer
NVS- vet surgeon
NPRC- person responsible for complience
NTCO - training and complience
(Named Person Responsible for Compliance (NPRC)) - Answers ●● providing leadership;
●● ensuring compliance;
Purpose of ASP - Answers o Define legitimate purposes for animal useo
Imposelimitsonpainandsufferingo Provideforinspectionoffacilities&procedures o Ensure
humane standards of husbandry & care o Ensure public accountability
What is the ASC - Answers An independent, non-departmental, public body set up under ASPA
sections 19 and 20. o Responsible for providing impartial, balanced and objective advice to the
Home Office on issues relating to the 1986 Act (as amended).o The Committee is
commissioned for advice by Home Office Ministers and can consider issues of its own
volition.o The Committee has no executive powers
and cannot grant, revoke or vary (amend) licences granted under ASPA.
Schedule 1 - Answers Comprises of TABLE A & TABLE B and 6 approved confirmation
methods of deatho Table A - Methods suitable for Animals other than fetal, larval and
embryonico Table B - Methods suitable for fetal, larval and embryonic forms
Schedule 2 - Answers A list of species that MUST be obtained from a Licenced Breeder/Supplier
Code of Practice - Answers Species specific care & welfare needs:
o Reception, acclimatisation and quarantine o Care of the animals (accommodation, food,
water, bedding, handling and cleaning)o Husbandry tables (environment)o Cage and pen
dimensionso Animal healtho Humane killing and disposal of carcasses
Who is a protected animal - Answers Any living vertebrate other than man and any living
cephalopod.
Definition of living - Answers An animal shall be regarded as continuing to live until the
permanent cessation of circulation or the destruction of its brain.
What is a regulated procedure - Answers 'A regulated procedure means any procedure applied
to a protected animal for a qualifying purpose which may have the effect of causing the animal
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.'
Examples of Regulated Procedures - Answers o Giving an altered dieto Administration of
substances in food & watero Withdrawal of food and watero Administration of substances into
eggso Mating to produce defective offspringo Biopsy of superficial tissues e.g. tail tip, skin, ear,
scales o Administering substances parenterallyo Application of physical restrainto Exposure to
gases, vapours or aerosolso Withdrawal of blood from superficial vesselo Induction of
anaesthesia, local or generalo Killing by a non-schedule 1 methodo Removal of tissues under
terminal anaesthesia
, Procedures - Not Regulated - Answers o Recognised veterinary, agricultural or husbandry
practice. Clinical investigation & management of animal health/welfare
o Ringing, tagging or marking for the primary purpose of identification onlyMicrochip. Ear notch,
DNA sampling to establish identity or provenance of an animal.
o The domain of a Vet in clinical practice - - - Administration of substances to evaluate a
veterinary product (Medicines Act 1968;s32). This does not extend to induction of disease or
withholding of established treatments or control groups.
o Humane killing under Schedule 1 of ASPA
What you can delegate (after competence sign off) - Answers o Filling food hoppers/ water
bottles to include test substances. o Placing animals in pre-defined environmentso Delivering a
dose of radiationo Pairing animals for breeding
o Withdrawal of contents from ruminal fistula o Operating automated egg inoculationo Placing
animals in restraining deviceso Withdrawal of food or water (if in PPL)
o Placing avian eggs in chillers (termination)o Manipulate controls of anaesthetic apparatus
under instruction
The Three Licences - Answers PERSONAL
PROJECT
ESTABLISHMENT
What should an establishment license include - Answers ●● details of the holder of the licence;
●● details of the 'named persons' required by ASPA section 2C(5); and
●● a schedule of premises.
Who are the named persons on the establishment license - Answers NACWO - care and welfare
of animals
NIO- information officer
NVS- vet surgeon
NPRC- person responsible for complience
NTCO - training and complience
(Named Person Responsible for Compliance (NPRC)) - Answers ●● providing leadership;
●● ensuring compliance;
