Queensland Consolidated Acts

ANIMAL CARE AND PROTECTION ACT 2001 - SECT 93

93 Obtaining approval to use for unlawful scientific purpose

(1) A registered person may apply to the chief executive for approval to conduct a test or use an animal in a way mentioned in section 92 .

(2) The application must be in the approved form and accompanied by the fee prescribed under a regulation.

(3) The chief executive must consider and either grant or refuse the application within 28 days after the making of the application.

(4) However, the chief executive may grant the application only if the chief executive is satisfied—

(a) the test or use has been approved by the animal ethics committee whose registered terms of reference includes monitoring the test or use; and

(b) any requirements of the committee made under the scientific use code in relation to the test or use are likely to be complied with.

(5) Subsection (4) does not limit the matters the chief executive may consider.

(6) If the application is granted, the approval takes effect on the later of the following—

(a) the day the applicant is given notice of the approval;

(b) a later day of effect stated in the notice.

(7) If the chief executive decides to refuse the application, the chief executive must, after making the decision, as soon as practicable, give the applicant an information notice about the decision.