Animal ethics committees—Act, s 50 and dict
7 Animal ethics committees—Act, s 50 and dict
An animal ethics committee established in accordance with the code is an animal ethics committee for the Act.
The constitution and functions of an animal ethics committee are the constitution and functions set out in the code.
An animal ethics committee for a licence must report annually to the authority about the following in relation to the animals that the committee has approved for use or breeding by the licensee:
how many animals were used or bred;
the species of the animals.
Note If a form is approved under the Act, s 110A for the report, the form must be used.
A report under subsection (3) must be given to the authority within 4 months after each 30 June.
The Legislation Act, section 47 (6) does not apply to the code.
Note 1 The text of an applied, adopted or incorporated law or instrument, whether applied as in force from time to time or at a particular time, is taken to be a notifiable instrument if the operation of the Legislation Act, s 47 (5) or (6) is not disapplied (see s 47 (7)).
Note 2 A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act.
In this section:
code means the Australian code of practice for the care and use of animals for scientific purposes, published by the National Health and Medical Research Council, as in force from time to time.
Note The code may be accessed at www.nhmrc.gov.au.
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