Animal Research Regulation 2021 (2021-477) (NSW)

Animal Research Regulation 2021

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Regulation This Regulation is the Animal Research Regulation 2021.

2 Commencement This Regulation commences on 1 September 2021 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.

Note— This Regulation replaces the Animal Research Regulation 2010 which is repealed on 1 September 2021 by the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989, section 10(2).

3 Definitions (1) In this Regulation— approved means approved for the time being by the Secretary. ethics committee means an animal care and ethics committee. government school and non-government school have the same meaning as in the Education Act 1990. prescribed offence means— (a) an offence under— (i) the Act, or (ii) the Exhibited Animals Protection Act 1986, or (iii) the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, or (iv) the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979, or (v) the regulations in force under an Act referred to in subparagraph (i)–(iv), or (b) an offence under the Biosecurity Act 2015, or the regulations under that Act, relating to a dealing with a non-indigenous animal within the meaning of that Act, or (c) an offence committed in New South Wales for which the penalty or maximum penalty is imprisonment for 2 years or more, or (d) an offence committed outside of New South Wales that, if committed in New South Wales, would have been an offence referred to in paragraph (a) or (b). school means a government school or non-government school. school-based establishment means a corporation that carries on, or proposes to carry on, the business of animal research solely to allow animal research to be carried out at a school. the Act means the Animal Research Act 1985. the Australian Code means the document published by the Australian Government entitled Australian code for the care and use of animals for scientific purposes as in force from time to time.