S.I. No. 205/2022 - European Union (Protection of Animals used for Scientific Purposes) (Amendment) Regulations 2022


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 29th April, 2022.

I, STEPHEN DONNELLY, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving further effect to Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and the Council of 22 September 20101 , hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Protection of Animals used for Scientific Purposes) (Amendment) Regulations 2022.

(2) The Principal Regulations, the European Union (Protection of Animals used for Scientific Purposes) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 434 of 2013), the European Union (Protection of Animals used for Scientific Purposes) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 174 of 2014), the European Union (Protection of Animals used for Scientific Purposes) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 552 of 2016), the European Union (Protection of Animals used for Scientific Purposes) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 553 of 2018), the European Union (Protection of Animals used for Scientific Purposes) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 324 of 2020) and these Regulations may be cited together as the European Union (Protection of Animals used for Scientific Purposes) Regulations 2012 to 2022.

2. In these Regulations “Principal Regulations” means the European Union (Protection of Animals used for Scientific Purposes) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 543 of 2012).

3. Regulation 53(2)(b) of the Principal Regulations is amended by deleting “techniques and”.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

27 April, 2022.

STEPHEN DONNELLY,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations amend the European Union (Protection of Animals used for Scientific Purposes) Regulations 2012 to remove the requirement for application for authorisation to include details of the specific techniques to be performed within the framework of the activities for which authorisation is sought.

These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Protection of Animals used for Scientific Purposes) (Amendment) Regulations 2022.

1 OJ No. L 276, 20.10.2010, p. 33.