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Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986
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[F15GDocuments to be kept by Secretary of StateU.K.
(1)Where a person applies for a project licence the Secretary of State must keep the documents specified in subsection (2) at least until the end of the period of three years beginning immediately after—
(a)the expiry of the project licence (if the application for the licence is successful); or
(b)(if not) the period mentioned in section 5A(7), taking into account any extension of that period under section 5A(8).
(2)The documents referred to above are—
(a)the application for the licence and the documents submitted in support of it;
(b)documents setting out the results of the evaluation carried out under section 5B and of any evaluation carried out under section 5E(5);
(c)the project licence itself, or the notice (served under section 12(1)(a)) of intention to refuse the application for the licence;
(d)documents containing information provided for the purposes of any assessment under section 5F;
(e)documents setting out the results of any such assessment (if completed before the end of the three-year period mentioned in subsection (1)); and
(f)any other documents prepared or received by the Secretary of State in relation to the licence which the Secretary of State considers should be kept.
(3)If section 5F applies in relation to a project licence and the assessment under that section is not completed until after the end of the three-year period mentioned in subsection (1), the Secretary of State must keep the documents specified in subsection (2)(a), (b), (c), (d) and (f) until the assessment is completed.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 5-5G substituted for s. 5 (1.1.2013) by The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 9(1) (with Sch. 3)
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