The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act (Amendment to Schedule 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998
Article 2 of this Order adds references to ferrets and gerbils and to pigs and sheep, if genetically modified, to the list of animals in Schedule 2 to the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 as from 1st January 1999. That Schedule lists animals which must be obtained only from designated breeding or supplying establishments.