Australia
Code of Practice — The Care and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes
http://www.act.gov.au/environ/policy/sci.html

Europe
EU Directive 86/609/EEC — The Directive may be accessed in several languages on the Europa web server by selecting Legal texts, then Community legislation in force, and scrolling down to section 15.40 Animal protection. The Europa server can be very slow. http://europa.eu.int/
European Convention for the protection of vertebrate animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes - English version http://www.uku.fi/laitokset/vkek/Sopimus/convention.html

France
Information from the Ethics Operational Committee of the CNRS, which includes information on legal requirements relating to animal experimentation. Although some of the CNRS web site content is in both English and French, this section is currently available only in French.
http://www.cnrs.fr./SDV/expanim.html

An English summary of the legislation can be found on the EBRA (European Biomedical Research Association) web site at http://www.ebra.org/regulate/french.html

Germany
Tierschutzgesetz 1998
http://www.bml.de/
The web site of the German Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forestry. Selecting "Tierschutz" will lead to a link for the text of the 1998 legislation (Das neue Tierschutzgesetz 1998) as well as to "Tierschutzbericht 1999", a summary of developments in Germany, Europe and the OECD. This latter document may also be downloaded. Section XV deals specifically with laboratory animals and alternatives. In German.

An English summary of the legislation can be found on the EBRA (European Biomedical Research Association) web site at http://www.ebra.org/regulate/germany.htm with an update for 1998 at http://www.ebra.org/regulate/gupdate.html

Ireland
http://www.doh.ie/policy/animal/
Policy statement, text of the legislation and information on the licensing system.

Italy
http://www.mclink.it/assoc/lav/alg_menu.htm
This lists all Italian legislation pertaining to animals (in Italian)

Japan
Law Concerning the Protection and Control of Animals
English translation
http://hayato.med.osaka-u.ac.jp/index/guide/inform/regulation/law1.html

The Netherlands
An English translation of the Experiments on Animals Act of 5 February 1997 can be found on the NCA site by following the link "Legislation" http://prex.las.vet.uu.nl/nca/

New Zealand
Animal Welfare Act 1999
http://rangi.knowledge-basket.co.nz/gpacts/public/text/1999/an/142.html

Guide To The Animal Welfare Act 1999 http://www.maf.govt.nz/MAFnet/publications/
awguide/httoc.htm
Also available for download in pdf format

Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the Care and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes http://www.maf.govt.nz/animalwelfare/
codes/scientif/httoc.htm

Norway
Relevant Norwegian legislation and regulations in Norwegian and in unofficial English translation. http://oslovet.veths.no/default.html#LASNorway

Sweden
The Animal Protection Act & Ordinance - extracts translated into English
http://www.algonet.se/~stifud/act-ordinance.html

An English summary of the legislation can be found on the EBRA (European Biomedical Research Association) web site at http://www.ebra.org/regulate/swedish.html

Switzerland
Text of the Swiss law on animal use in French and German at the Swiss Federal Veterinary Office. http://www.admin.ch/bvet/

An English summary of the legislation can be found on the EBRA (European Biomedical Research Association) web site at http://www.ebra.org/regulate/swiss.html

UK
Animals (Scientific Procedures Act) The Animal Procedures Section of the UK Home Office is responsible for operating the Act. The Section's web site has a link to the full text of the Act, and also has links to documents (guidance notes, codes of practice, reports etc). http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/ccpd/aps.htm

USA
The AWIC site provides access to relevant US legislation, policies and regulation. http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/legislat/awicregs.htm