Forms

Licence application, variation and renewal forms

Licences related to the use of animals in research and teaching include:

• Scientific Procedures Premises Licence
• Scientific Procedures Premises Licence (School)
• Scientific Procedures Fieldwork Licence
• Specified Animals Breeding Licence.

To apply for a new licence, or vary or renew an existing licence, please contact sp.licensing@agriculture.vic.gov.au for the relevant form.

Fieldwork notification form

This form must be submitted prior to fieldwork commencing under a Scientific Procedures Fieldwork Licence (SPFL) that utilises an interstate Animal Ethics Committee (AEC).

The completed form can be emailed to sp.licensing@agriculture.vic.gov.au.

Note that if work is conducted under a SPFL with a Victorian AEC, or a Scientific Procedures Premises Licence (SPPL), submission of a Fieldwork Notification is not required.

• Fieldwork notification [MS Word Document - 106.9 KB]

‘Death as an endpoint’ procedures

A person seeking approval for death as an endpoint scientific procedures should contact sp.licensing@agriculture.vic.gov.au for the relevant application form.

The Guidance note – Death as an endpoint scientific procedures provides important information on what constitutes a ‘death as an endpoint’ scientific procedure and the application process.

• Guidance note – Death as an endpoint scientific procedures [PDF File - 129.4 KB]
• Guidance note – Death as an endpoint scientific procedures – accessible [MS Word Document - 1.1 MB]

Animal use return forms

Animal use returns must be completed and submitted to Animal Welfare Victoria by 31 March of each year for:

• Scientific Procedures Premises Licences (SPPL)
• Scientific Procedures Fieldwork Licences (SPFL)
• Specified Animals Breeding Licences (SABL) held for any period each year, regardless of whether or not animals were used

The annual return consists of 3 parts:

• Statement and declaration [MS Word Document - 103.8 KB] – a form that must be submitted even if you did not use animals for the reporting period.
• Animal use spreadsheet [MS Excel Document - 176.9 KB] – a spreadsheet that must be submitted only if animals were used for the reporting period
• Death as an endpoint form [MS Word Document - 112.2 KB] – a Word document that must be submitted only if a death as an endpoint procedure is conducted.

We recommend that you refer to the Animal return submission guideline to ensure correct completion of the return:

• Animal use return submission guideline   [MS Word Document - 478.5 KB]