This Act,consisting of 27 sections divided into five Parts and completed by one Schedule, provides for the establishment of the Animal Resources Authority and defines its composition and functions and powers. The functions of the Authority(the Minister) include: to breed and rear laboratory animals, and to acquire specialized laboratory animals, of a high quality and free of disease, which are required by institutions and bodies for teaching, research, or diagnostic purposes; to supply such laboratory animals and tissue of such laboratory animals to those institutions and bodies for payment; and to establish and maintain premises, equipment, and facilities, and a breeding stock of laboratory animals.
Австралия · 1981-09-25