Animal Welfare Act
(AniWA)

¹ Any per­son who wishes to con­duct an­im­al ex­per­i­ments re­quires au­thor­isa­tion from the re­spons­ible can­ton­al au­thor­it­ies.

² Activ­it­ies as defined in the last sen­tence of Art­icle 11 para­graph 1 are equi­val­ent to an­im­al ex­per­i­ments with­in the scope of the au­thor­isa­tion pro­ced­ure.

³ The com­pet­ent can­ton­al au­thor­ity shall sub­mit re­quests for au­thor­isa­tion for an­im­al ex­per­i­ments to the can­ton­al com­mit­tee on an­im­al ex­per­i­ments in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 17.

⁴ Au­thor­isa­tion is is­sued for a lim­ited peri­od. They may be sub­ject to con­di­tions and re­quire­ments.

⁵ In­sti­tutes and labor­at­or­ies which con­duct an­im­al ex­per­i­ments and fa­cil­it­ies that house labor­at­ory an­im­als must keep re­cords of the an­im­als housed.