New Jersey Statutes 23:2A-6.2. Activities permitted pursuant to conduct of biomedical research
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 23:2A-6.2
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- Ship: includes vessels, steamers, canal boats and every boat or structure adapted to navigation or movement from place to place, upon the ocean, lakes, rivers or artificial waterways, either by its own power or otherwise. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- Wildlife: means any wild mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, mollusk, crustacean, or other wild animal or any part, product, egg, or offspring or the dead body or parts thereof. See New Jersey Statutes 23:1-1
7. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6 of P.L.1973, c.309 (C. 23:2A-6), section 6 of P.L.2016, c.6 (C. 23:2A-6.1), or any other State law, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, to the contrary, unless such activity is otherwise prohibited by federal law, a person may possess, transport, import, export, process, sell or offer for sale, or ship wildlife, or part or product thereof: (1) for purposes related to the conduct of biomedical research at a facility licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture pursuant to the federal “Animal Welfare Act,” 7 U.S.C. § 2131 et seq., or at a facility conducting biomedical research in compliance with the “Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals” issued by the United States National Institutes of Health; (2) in accordance with the terms of any federal permit or permit issued under the laws or regulations of another state, if the wildlife, or part or product thereof, enters the State from another state or from a point outside the territorial limits of the United States, and is transported across the State destined for a point beyond the State; or (3) in the course of undertaking any law enforcement activities pursuant to federal or State law, or other mandatory duties required by federal or State law, if the person is an employee or agent of the federal government, the State government, or a bi-state authority.
L.2016, c.6, s.7.