Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee

The primary responsibility of the AEEC is to ensure on behalf of the institution, that all care and use of animals is conducted in compliance with the Australian Code of Practice for the Care and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes. The AEEC applies a set of principles, outlined in the Code that governs the ethical conduct of people whose work involves the use of animals for scientific purposes. The role of the AEEC is to ensure that the use of animals is justified and provides for the welfare of those animals and incorporates the principles of Replacement, Reduction and Refinement.

The AEEC meets on the 3rd Tuesday of every month except December - all proposals and amendment applications must be received by the Animal Ethics Officer by the last day of the previous month.

Membership of the AEEC includes

• a person with qualifications in veterinary science;
• a person with substantial recent experience in animal experimentation;
• a person with demonstrable commitment to and established experience in furthering the welfare of animals who is not a member of the ANU;
• a person responsible for the routine care of animals within the ANU; and
• an independent person who is not involved in the conduct of experiments using animals and is not a member of the ANU.

AEEC Terns of Reference

AEEC Operating Procedures

AEEC Meeting Dates for 2009