Animals and Birds (Care and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes) (Amendment) Rules 2022

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 09 Jun 2022

No. S 472

Animals and Birds Act 1965

Animals and Birds
(Care and Use of Animals for
Scientific Purposes) (Amendment) Rules 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 80 of the Animals and Birds Act 1965, the Minister for National Development makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Animals and Birds (Care and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes) (Amendment) Rules 2022 and come into operation on 10 June 2022.

Amendment of rule 2

2. Rule 2(1) of the Animals and Birds (Care and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes) Rules (R 10) (called in these Rules the principal Rules) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “attending veterinarian”, the following definition:

“ “designated member of the committee” means a designated member of an institutional animal care and use committee;”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “proposal”, the following definition:

“ “proposal assigned for DMR” means any proposal that is assigned by an institutional animal care and use committee to be reviewed by designated members of the committee;”.

Amendment of rule 8

3. Rule 8(1) of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the words “6 months” in sub‑paragraph (a) and substituting the words “12 months”.

Amendment of rule 10

4. Rule 10 of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (1) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(1) A person must not use any animal for any scientific purpose before written approval for a project relating to such use is granted by an institutional animal care and use committee in accordance with paragraph (3) or (3C), as the case may be.”; and

(b)

by deleting paragraph (3) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(3) An institutional animal care and use committee may approve a project relating to any proposal (not being a proposal assigned for DMR) —

(a)	after the proposal is reviewed at a meeting of the committee convened in accordance with the guidelines; and
(b)	by a vote of a majority of the quorum at that meeting.

(3A) An institutional animal care and use committee must develop a policy on the types of proposals that may be reviewed by designated members of the committee having regard to the following:

(a)

a review by a meeting of the committee in accordance with paragraph (3) is the preferred method of review;

(b)

the types of proposals assigned for DMR include, but are not limited to, proposals relating to —

(i)	projects using small numbers of animals with procedures not expected to result in pain or distress caused to the animals;
(ii)	projects using only non‑survival surgery; and
(iii)	projects involving only euthanasia for tissue harvest.

(3B) An institutional animal care and use committee may assign a proposal to be reviewed by designated members of the committee if —

(a)	the proposal is first given to the committee for consideration; and
(b)	the committee decides unanimously that the proposal is to be a proposal assigned for DMR.

(3C) Any approval granted by an institutional animal care and use committee for a project relating to a proposal assigned for DMR is valid if the approval has been granted —

(a)	after the designated members of the committee have reviewed the proposal; and
(b)	by the unanimous decision of the designated members of the committee.

(3D) If a project relating to a proposal assigned for DMR is not approved in accordance with paragraph (3C), the proposal —

(a)	must subsequently be reviewed at a meeting of the institutional animal care and use committee convened in accordance with the guidelines; and
(b)	may be approved by the vote of a majority of the quorum at that meeting.”.

[G.N. No. S 213/2019]

Made on 2 June 2022.

OW FOONG PHENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.

[ND 202/1-71(10) Vol 2; AG/LEGIS/SL/7/2020/5 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 80(4) of the Animals and Birds Act 1965).

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