Prohibited Procedures on Protected Animals (Exemptions) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (S.S.I. No. 256 of 2007).

These Regulations specify exempted procedures to which section 20 of the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 will not apply provided they are carried for a specified purpose, in accordance with any specified conditions and in accordance with good practice. Section 20 of the Act defines offences in relation with a prohibited procedure on a protected animal. Schedules 1 to 12 to these Regulations list, by type of animals, the procedures exempted, the purposes for which those procedures may be carried out and any applicable conditions.