Singapore legislation
Regulation 7
of Animals and Birds (Care and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes) Rules
Regulation 7
Appointment and membership of institutional animal care and use committee
Subregulation 1
Every licensee shall appoint an institutional animal care and use committee in relation to his or its research facility.
Subregulation 2
The appointment of an institutional animal care and use committee shall be made before the licensee keeps or uses any animal in his or its research facility for any scientific purpose.
Subregulation 3
Subject to this rule, every institutional animal care and use committee appointed under paragraph (1) shall comprise at least 5 members, including one member from each of the following categories:
a veterinarian with training or experience in laboratory animal science and medicine and who has experience in the routine care of the species of animals used in the research facility;
a person with appropriate experience in the use of animals for scientific purposes;
a person who —
is not affiliated in any way with the licensee;
is not a member of the immediate family of any person who is affiliated with the licensee; and
is not a user of any animal for any scientific purpose; and
a person whose primary concerns or interests are in non-scientific areas.
Subregulation 4
Notwithstanding paragraph (3), no person shall be appointed as a member of an institutional animal care and use committee unless he is suitably qualified in accordance with such requirements as may be specified by the Director-General.
Subregulation 5
The attending veterinarian employed by a licensee under rule 11 shall be appointed as a member of the institutional animal care and use committee of the licensee.
Subregulation 6
The licensee or, where the licensee is a body corporate, the chief executive officer or other similar officer of the licensee, shall not be appointed as a member of the institutional animal care and use committee of the licensee.
Subregulation 7
The Chairman of the institutional animal care and use committee of a licensee shall be appointed by the licensee from amongst the members of the institutional animal care and use committee.
Subregulation 8
The licensee shall, before appointing any person as a member of an institutional animal care and use committee, notify the Director-General of the particulars of that person, including his name, address and occupation, the proposed date of his appointment, the term of his appointment and such other particulars as the Director-General may require.
Subregulation 9
The Director-General may at any time —
object to the appointment of a person as a member of an institutional animal care and use committee; or
where the person is already a member of the institutional animal care and use committee, require the licensee who appointed that person as a member of the institutional animal care and use committee to remove that person from the committee and appoint another person in his place.
Subregulation 10
When any member of the institutional animal care and use committee appointed by a licensee ceases to hold office for any reason, the licensee shall notify the Director-General thereof within such time and in such manner as the Director-General may require.