Reporting Requirements
Field Site Notification Form
Licence holders are required to notify the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) of locations where animals are to be used or kept for scientific purposes in WA, before undertaking activities using animals for scientific purposes and before obtaining animals to be used for scientific purposes.
More information, including a description of field sites, can be found in the Locations where animals are used and kept for scientific purposes guidelines.
To notify DPIRD of a field site, a Field Site Notification Form must be completed and submitted to scientific.licensing@dpird.wa.gov.au. This form can also be used should any of these details change during the project.
Annual reports
Submission of an annual report is a condition imposed on all licence holders.
The reporting period for annual reports is the calendar year. All annual reports must be submitted to scientific.licensing@dpird.wa.gov.au by 30 April of the year following the reporting period. An annual report must be submitted regardless of whether animals were used or supplied for scientific purposes during the reporting period.
Annual report templates are distributed to all individuals and institutions that held a licence during the reporting period. The templates are distributed before the end of each calendar year and are accompanied by relevant guidelines.
For more information about annual reports, please contact scientific.licensing@dpird.wa.gov.au.
Independent external reviews
Institutions that hold a licence to use animals for scientific purposes are required to undertake an independent external review in relation to their scientific use of animals in accordance with the Australian code for the care and use of animals for scientific purposes (2013) (8th edition). Further information regarding independent external reviews may be found at section 6 of the Code.