Made | 17th April 2007 | ||
Laid before Parliament | 27th April 2007 | ||
Coming into force | 22nd May 2007 |
1. | Title, application and commencement |
2. | Interpretation |
3. | Exceptions |
4. | Licensing of bovine semen centres |
5. | Application for a licence to operate a bovine semen centre |
6. | Bovine semen centre licence |
7. | Approval of a bovine animal |
8. | Application for approval of a bovine animal |
9. | Form of approval for a bovine animal |
10. | Approval of bovine animals for use at unlicensed premises |
11. | Entry of persons to bovine semen centres |
12. | Entry of non-bovine animals to bovine semen centres |
13. | Requirement to keep records of bovine animals |
14. | Requirement to keep records of semen |
15. | General duties of centre veterinarians |
16. | Specific duties of centre veterinarians and operators of unlicensed premises |
17. | Taking blood samples and testing for bovine tuberculosis |
18. | Laboratory tests |
19. | Bovine animals from which semen may be collected |
20. | Places where semen may be collected |
21. | Use of teaser animals |
22. | Entry of bovine animals to EC quarantine centres, EC collection centres, domestic collection centres, or to unlicensed premises |
23. | Movement of bovine animals |
24. | Processing of semen |
25. | Instruments for collecting and processing semen |
26. | Containers for storing or moving semen |
27. | Storing and moving semen |
28. | Supply of frozen semen |
29. | Power of Secretary of State to grant exemptions |
30. | Intra-Community trade in semen |
31. | Duties to keep records of the supply of semen |
32. | Refusal of an approval or licence |
33. | Provision of information to the Secretary of State |
34. | Suspension and amendment |
35. | Revocation of an approval or licence |
36. | Appeals |
37. | Notice prohibiting the use of semen |
38. | Notice concerning illegal consignments |
39. | Provision of false information |
40. | Examination of bovine semen centres |
41. | Payment of fees |
42. | Refund of fees |
43. | Transitional provisions |
44. | Amendment of the Artificial Insemination (Cattle and Pigs) (Fees) Regulations 1987 |
45. | Revocations |
SCHEDULE 1— | Construction and design of centres |
PART 1— | EC quarantine centre |
PART 2— | EC collection centre or domestic collection centre |
PART 3— | EC storage centre or domestic storage centre |
SCHEDULE 2— | Measures applicable to EC quarantine centres |
SCHEDULE 3— | Measures applicable to EC collection centres |
PART 1— | Records of enzootic bovine leukosis and marking of semen doses |
PART 2— | Routine tests and treatment which must be applied to all bovine animals in EC collection centres |
PART 3— | Measures applicable to processing facilities at an EC collection centre |
PART 4— | Measures applicable to semen quarantine at an EC collection centre |
SCHEDULE 4— | Measures applicable to EC storage centres |
SCHEDULE 5— | Measures applicable to a domestic collection centre |
PART 1— | Records of enzootic bovine leukosis and marking of semen doses |
PART 2— | Routine tests and treatment which must be applied to all bovine animals in domestic collection centres |
PART 3— | Measures applicable to processing at a domestic collection centre |
PART 4— | Measures applicable to semen quarantine at a domestic collection centre |
SCHEDULE 6— | Measures applicable to a domestic storage centre |
SCHEDULE 7— | Duties of operators of unlicensed premises |
SCHEDULE 8— | Movement of bovine animals for semen collection |
PART 1— | Bovine animals that may move to an EC collection centre, domestic collection centre or to unlicensed premises |
PART 2— | Bovine animals that may move to a domestic collection centre or to unlicensed premises |
SCHEDULE 9— | Information to be recorded |
SCHEDULE 10— | Revocations |
PART 1— | Statutory instruments revoked insofar as they apply in England |
PART 2— | Statutory instruments revoked |
Interpretation
2.
—(1) In these Regulations—
(2) Expressions that are not defined in these Regulations and are used in the Directive have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have for the purposes of the Directive.
Exceptions
3.
—(1) These Regulations do not apply where—
(c) when the bovine animal is inseminated—
(2) These Regulations do not apply where semen is collected for the purpose of—
provided the semen collected is not used for artificial insemination and is not the subject of intra-Community trade.
(3) These Regulations do not apply to research authorised under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986[12].
(4) These Regulations, in so far as they apply to semen intended for intra-Community trade, do not apply to semen collected on or before 31st December 1989.
(c) if they comply with Part 3 of Schedule 1, either as—
Application for a licence to operate a bovine semen centre
5.
An application for a licence to operate a bovine semen centre must—
Bovine semen centre licence
6.
—(1) A bovine semen centre licence granted under regulation 4 must specify—
(2) A licence must be in writing and may be made subject to such conditions as are necessary to—
Approval of a bovine animal
7.
—(1) The Secretary of State may grant an approval for a bovine animal for use in an EC collection centre, a domestic collection centre, or at unlicensed premises if it has tested negative to—
(2) The Secretary of State may approve a bovine animal despite a positive result to the serological tests set out in Schedule 2, paragraph 2(1)(e)(ii) or in Schedule 2, paragraph 4(1)(b) or in both.
(3) The Secretary of State may also grant an approval for a bovine animal for use in a domestic collection centre or at unlicensed premises, if it has tested negative to the tests set out in Part 2 of Schedule 8, paragraphs 2(a) to (c).
Application for approval of a bovine animal
8.
Any application for approval of a bovine animal for the purpose of collecting its semen, or for use as a teaser animal, must be made to the Secretary of State by or on behalf of its owner and must—
Form of approval for a bovine animal
9.
—(1) An approval for a bovine animal must specify—
(2) An approval must be in writing and may be made subject to such conditions as are necessary to—
Approval of bovine animals for use at unlicensed premises
10.
—(1) The Secretary of State may approve the use of a bovine animal for the collection of its semen, or for use as a teaser animal, at unlicensed premises for a maximum period of 3 months.
(2) The Secretary of State may renew an approval under paragraph (1) for subsequent periods of up to 3 months if—
(3) If the results of any of the tests carried out on a bovine animal under paragraph 2(b) will not be available until after its approval is due to expire, the Secretary of State may grant a temporary approval.
(4) Where the Secretary of State grants a temporary approval under paragraph (3), no person may trade any semen which has been—
until negative results to the tests on the bovine animal or teaser animal used to collect such semen are confirmed.
Requirement to keep records of bovine animals
13.
—(1) This regulation does not apply to an EC storage centre or domestic storage centre.
(2) The centre veterinarian or operator of unlicensed premises must make a record for each bovine animal moved into or out of the centre or premises of—
(3) The centre veterinarian or operator of unlicensed premises must ensure that these records are kept for at least two years from the date when the bovine animal leaves the centre or premises, or dies at the centre or premises.
Requirement to keep records of semen
14.
—(1) This regulation does not apply to EC quarantine centres.
(2) Whenever semen is moved from or to a bovine semen centre or destroyed, the centre veterinarian must record—
(3) The operator of unlicensed premises must record the information in paragraphs 2(a) to (g) for semen sent to an EC collection centre or domestic collection centre for processing.
(4) The operator of unlicensed premises or the centre veterinarian must ensure that each consignment of semen is accompanied by documents containing the information in paragraphs 2(a) to (g).
(5) The operator of unlicensed premises or the centre veterinarian must ensure that these records are retained for at least two years after the dispatch, receipt, or destruction of the semen.
General duties of centre veterinarians
15.
—(1) The centre veterinarian must ensure that—
(2) The centre veterinarian must ensure that staff at the centre are technically competent and have received appropriate training in disinfection procedures and hygiene techniques.
(3) The centre veterinarian must ensure that the Secretary of State is notified immediately if the result of any test carried out on a bovine animal at the centre for any disease that must be tested for under these Regulations indicates a change in the health status of the bovine animal.
Specific duties of centre veterinarians and operators of unlicensed premises
16.
—(1) The duties of the centre veterinarian—
(2) The duties of the operator of unlicensed premises are set out in Schedule 7.
Taking blood samples and testing for bovine tuberculosis
17.
—(1) Taking blood samples for laboratory analysis may only be undertaken by—
(2) Only a veterinary surgeon approved by the Secretary of State for that purpose may test for bovine tuberculosis.
Laboratory tests
18.
The operator of unlicensed premises or the centre veterinarian must ensure that laboratory tests required under these Regulations are carried out by a laboratory approved by the Secretary of State.
Places where semen may be collected
20.
—(1) No person may collect semen from a bovine animal except—
in accordance with these Regulations.
(2) Such centres or unlicensed premises must—
Use of teaser animals
21.
No person may use a teaser animal to assist in the collection of semen unless it is approved for that purpose by the Secretary of State.
Entry of bovine animals to EC quarantine centres, EC collection centres, domestic collection centres, or to unlicensed premises
22.
—(1) No person may introduce a bovine animal into—
without the express authorisation of the centre veterinarian.
(2) The centre veterinarian may not authorise a bovine animal to enter an EC quarantine centre unless, prior to its entry to the centre, it always belonged to a herd—
in accordance with Directive 64/432/EEC.
(3) The centre veterinarian may not authorise a bovine animal to enter an EC collection centre unless the requirements of Part 1 of Schedule 8 are met.
(4) The centre veterinarian may not authorise a bovine animal to enter a domestic collection centre unless the requirements of Part 1 or 2 of Schedule 8 are met.
(5) The operator of unlicensed premises may not collect semen from a bovine animal on unlicensed premises unless the requirements of Part 1 or 2 of Schedule 8 are met.
(6) The centre veterinarian of an EC collection centre or domestic collection centre, or the operator of unlicensed premises, may not admit bovine animals unless on the day of movement the premises of origin—
(7) The centre veterinarian or the operator of unlicensed premises may not authorise the admission of any bovine animal which shows any clinical sign of disease on the day of the proposed admission.
Movement of bovine animals
23.
—(1) No person may move a bovine animal to an EC collection centre, a domestic collection centre or to unlicensed premises except—
(2) No person may move a bovine animal from one collection centre to one in another member State except in accordance with Directive 64/432/EEC.
Processing of semen
24.
No person may process semen except—
Instruments for collecting and processing semen
25.
No person may—
Containers for storing or moving semen
26.
No person may store or move semen except in a container used exclusively for that purpose that—
Storing and moving semen
27.
No person storing or moving semen may allow it to come into contact with material of animal origin (including other germplasm) of a lower health status.
Supply of frozen semen
28.
—(1) This regulation does not apply to the steps necessary to move semen to an EC storage centre or a domestic storage centre.
(2) No person may supply frozen semen or use it in artificial insemination unless it has been stored—
Power of Secretary of State to grant exemptions
29.
No person may supply or use semen for artificial insemination if he knows or suspects that it has not been collected, processed or stored in accordance with the requirements of—
unless authorised by the Secretary of State.
Intra-Community trade in semen
30.
—(1) No person may supply semen for intra-Community trade unless—
(b) in the case of semen supplied from another member State or imported from a third country in accordance with the Directive, it has been stored at an EC storage centre.
(2) Any person who supplies semen for intra-Community trade must ensure that it is accompanied by the animal health certificate referred to in Articles 3(d) and 6(1) of the Directive.
Duties to keep records of the supply of semen
31.
—(1) This regulation does not apply to the operators of unlicensed premises or to centre veterinarians, who are subject to regulation 14.
(2) Any person who supplies semen must keep a record of the information specified in Schedule 9 paragraph 1.
(3) Any person who receives semen must keep a record of the information specified in Schedule 9 paragraph 2.
(4) Any person who uses semen for artificial insemination must keep a record of the information specified in Schedule 9 paragraph 3 in relation to each straw or other receptacle used.
(5) Any person who destroys semen must keep a record of the information specified in Schedule 9 paragraph 4 in relation to each straw or other receptacle destroyed.
(6) Any person who is required by this regulation to keep records must ensure that the records are made contemporaneously.
(7) Such records may be in written or electronic form and must be kept for at least two years after the supply, receipt, use, or destruction of the semen, as appropriate.
Provision of information to the Secretary of State
33.
—(1) The Secretary of State may require an applicant for approval of a bovine animal, the holder of such an approval or the owner of a bovine animal to provide such information and to permit the bovine animal to be subjected to such tests and examinations as the Secretary of State considers necessary to enable him to decide whether the approval should be granted or maintained.
(2) The previous owner of an approved bovine animal must notify the Secretary of State of the name and address of the new owner within 21 days of transferring ownership to him.
(3) The owner of an approved bovine animal must, within 21 days of its death, notify the Secretary of State of the death, the circumstances in which it occurred and the results of any post mortem examination.
(4) The Secretary of State may require an applicant for a bovine semen centre licence, or the holder of such a licence, to provide such information and to permit such tests and examinations as the Secretary of State considers necessary to enable him to decide whether the licence should be granted or maintained.
Suspension and amendment
34.
—(1) The Secretary of State may suspend or amend an approval or licence granted under these Regulations in whole or in part if—
(2) A suspension or amendment—
(3) Notification of the suspension or amendment must—
(4) If the suspension or amendment does not have immediate effect and representations are made under regulation 36, it must not have effect until the final determination by the Secretary of State of the appeal unless he considers that it is necessary for the protection of public or animal health for the amendment or suspension to have effect before then.
Revocation of an approval or licence
35.
—(1) The Secretary of State may revoke an approval or licence granted under these Regulations in whole or in part if—
(2) Notification of a revocation must—
(3) If a person does make written representations under regulation 36(1), the revocation remains in force pending the outcome of the appeal.
Appeals
36.
—(1) A person may make written representations to a person appointed for the purpose by the Secretary of State concerning any decision of the Secretary of State concerning—
within 21 days of notification of the decision to him.
(2) The Secretary of State may also make written submissions to the appointed person concerning his decision.
(3) The appointed person must report in writing to the Secretary of State.
(4) The Secretary of State must give to the appellant written notification of his final determination and the reasons for it.
Notice prohibiting the use of semen
37.
—(1) If he thinks it necessary to prevent the spread of disease, an inspector may serve a notice on the owner of a bovine animal or on anyone he believes to be the owner of the bovine animal or in possession of semen from that bovine animal.
(2) A notice served under paragraph (1) must—
(3) If a notice served under this regulation is not complied with, an inspector may enter any premises on which he knows or suspects semen the subject of the notice to be kept and may seize the semen and arrange for the requirements of the notice to be met.
Notice concerning illegal consignments
38.
—(1) If an inspector knows or suspects that semen has been imported from another member State in contravention of the Directive, he may serve a notice in accordance with paragraph (2) on the person appearing to him to be in charge of the semen.
(2) The notice may require that person—
(3) If a notice served under this regulation is not complied with, an inspector may enter any premises on which he knows or suspects semen the subject of the notice to be kept and may seize the semen and arrange for the requirements of the notice to be met.
Provision of false information
39.
No person may provide any information or make any statement for the purpose of obtaining an approval or licence under these Regulations which he does not believe and have reasonable grounds to believe to be true.
Examination of bovine semen centres
40.
The Secretary of State must examine all bovine semen centres at least twice a year.
Payment of fees
41.
—(1) A fee is payable to the Secretary of State, on invoice, for—
(2) The fee is the sum of—
(3) The Secretary of State must publish on his website the figures used to calculate the fee.
Refund of fees
42.
If an application under these Regulations is withdrawn before its determination, the Secretary of State must refund to the applicant such proportion of any fee paid under regulation 41 in respect of that application as the Secretary of State thinks fit, having regard to any costs reasonably incurred by him in connection with the application.
Transitional provisions
43.
Licences and approvals granted under the Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (England and Wales) Regulations 1985[15] shall continue to have effect as if they were approvals or licences granted under these Regulations in accordance with the following table, provided that, in the case of premises, the premises comply with, and are operated in accordance with, the provisions of these Regulations—
Licence and approvals under the Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (England and Wales) Regulations 1985 | Equivalent approval under these Regulations |
Approval for use of a bull (regulation 5) | Approval of a bovine animal (regulation 7) |
Processing licence (regulation 7(1)(a)) |
Processing of semen intended for intra-Community trade: licence of an EC collection centre (regulation 4(b)(i)); Processing of semen not intended for intra-Community trade: licence of a domestic collection centre (regulation 4(b)(ii)). |
Storage licence (regulation 7(1)(b)) | Licence of EC storage centre (regulation 4(c)(i)) or licence of domestic storage centre (regulation 4(c)(ii)). |
Revocations
45.
—(1) The Regulations in Part 1 of Schedule 10 are revoked insofar as they apply in England.
(2) The Regulations in Part 2 of Schedule 10 are revoked.
Ben Bradshaw
Minister of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
4th April 2007
We approve
Dave Watts
Kevin Brennan
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
17th April 2007
(b) be constructed or isolated so that contact with livestock outside the centre is prevented;
(c) be constructed so that the bovine animal housing and the semen collection and processing facilities and the semen quarantine room can be readily cleaned and disinfected; and
(d) be so designed that the bovine animal housing is separated from the processing facilities and both are separated from the semen quarantine room.
(2) The centre veterinarian must pass a copy of any record made under sub-paragraph (1) to the centre veterinarian of the collection centre to which the bovine animals move, not later than the date of such move.
2.
—(1) The centre veterinarian must ensure that within the 28 days preceding the period of quarantine, the bovine animals are subjected to the following tests, with negative results in each case (except for the BVD/MD antibody test referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(e)(ii))—
(2) If any of the tests listed in paragraphs 2(1)(a) to (e)(i) are carried out on samples collected in the quarantine centre, the period of quarantine may not commence before the date of sampling.
(3) If any of the tests listed in paragraphs 2(1)(a) to (e)(i) prove positive, the centre veterinarian must ensure that the relevant bovine animal is immediately removed from the quarantine centre.
(4) In the case of group quarantine, the quarantine period does not commence for the remaining bovine animals until the bovine animal which tested positive has been removed.
3.
—(1) During quarantine, the centre veterinarian must ensure that the bovine animals are tested as follows—
(d) for Trichomonas foetus—
(2) If any bovine animal tests positive following a test under sub-paragraph (1), the centre veterinarian must ensure that—
4.
—(1) During quarantine, the centre veterinarian must ensure that the bovine animals are tested for BVD/MD as follows—
(2) The centre veterinarian may allow bovine animals to be moved to an EC collection centre or a domestic collection centre only if the serological test finds no seroconversion in any bovine animal which gave a negative result to the serological test under paragraph 2(1)(e)(ii) for BVD/MD antibodies.
(3) If seroconversion occurs in any bovine animal in the quarantine centre, the centre veterinarian must ensure that bovine animals that are seronegative—
(4) The centre veterinarian may allow serologically positive bovine animals to be sent to a semen collection centre after—
5.
The centre veterinarian must make a record of those bovine animals that test positive for antibodies for BVD/MD under the serological tests at paragraph 2(1)(e)(ii) or 4(1)(b) and pass a copy of the record to the centre veterinarian of the collection centre to which the bovine animals move, not later than the date of such move.
(2) The centre veterinarian must pass a copy of any record made under sub-paragraph (1) to the centre veterinarian of any collection centre to which the bovine animals or their semen may move, not later than the date of such move.
2.
The centre veterinarian must ensure that each individual dose of semen collected at the centre is clearly marked in such a way that the following information can be readily established—
(2) The centre veterinarian must ensure that bovine animals from which semen is being collected, or bovine animals having contact with such bovine animals, are subjected at least once a year to tests on samples of preputial specimen for—
(3) The centre veterinarian must ensure that bovine animals from which semen is to be collected after an interval of more than six months are tested not more than 30 days prior to collection resuming on samples of preputial specimen for—
(4) Should a bovine animal become serologically positive for BVD/MD, the centre veterinarian must ensure that every ejaculate of that bovine animal collected since the last negative test and until the date of the positive test is either discarded or used only if tested for the virus with negative results.
2.
—(1) If any of the tests required under paragraph 1 is positive, the centre veterinarian must ensure that the bovine animal is isolated and that semen collected from it since the last negative test is (subject to paragraph 3) not supplied for intra-Community trade.
(2) The centre veterinarian must ensure that semen collected from all other bovine animals at the centre since the date when the positive test was carried out must be held in separate storage and may not be the subject of intra-Community trade until the health status of the centre has been restored to the level required by the Directive and these Regulations.
3.
Notwithstanding paragraph 2(1), in the case of a bovine animal which has tested positive for BVD/MD under a serological antibody test, the centre veterinarian may allow semen from an ejaculate which has tested negative for the BVD/MD to be the subject of intra-Community trade.
(b) any semen referred to at sub-paragraph (a)(iii) is—
(c) semen collected, processed and quarantined at EC collection centres and intended for intra-Community trade does not come into contact with and is not stored in the same room as any other semen processed at the centre;
(d) products of animal origin used in the processing of semen, including additives and diluents, are obtained from sources which present no animal health risk or are so treated prior to use that such risk is removed;
(e) the cryogenic agent used has not been previously used for other products of animal origin;
(f) each individual dose of semen is sealed, numbered and clearly marked so that the following information can be readily established—
(g) the format used for identifying semen is notified to the Secretary of State.
2.
The centre veterinarian may not admit semen not collected at the centre for processing unless it is accompanied by—
3.
—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the centre veterinarian must ensure that the antibiotics streptomycin, penicillin, lincomycin and spectinomycin are added to produce the following concentrations in the final diluted semen—
(2) An alternative combination of antibiotics which has an equivalent effect against campylobacters, leptospires and mycoplasmas may be used.
4.
The centre veterinarian must ensure that, immediately after the addition of antibiotics, the semen is kept at a temperature of at least 5°C for a period of not less than 45 minutes.
for 30 days after collection or, in the case of fresh semen, until the date of dispatch of the semen.
4.
With regard to a bovine animal that—
the centre veterinarian must not allow its semen to leave the centre until the bovine animal has reached the age of two years and has tested negative for enzootic bovine leukosis, under a serological test carried out in accordance with the procedure described in Annex D (Chapter II) to Directive 64/432/EEC.
5.
With regard to a bovine animal vaccinated against foot-and-mouth more than 30 days before, but within 12 months of, a collection, the centre veterinarian must not allow its semen to leave the centre unless 5% (with a minimum of five straws) of each collection have tested negative to a virus isolation test for foot-and-mouth disease.
(c) the cryogenic agent used has not been previously used for other products of animal origin; and
(d) each individual dose of semen is sealed, numbered and clearly marked in such a way that the following information can be readily established—
2.
Notwithstanding paragraph 1(a), the centre veterinarian may store deep-frozen embryos at the centre if—
(2) The centre veterinarian must pass a copy of any record made under sub-paragraph (1) to the centre veterinarian of any collection centre to which the bovine animals or their semen may move, not later than the date of such move.
2.
The centre veterinarian must ensure that each individual dose of semen collected at the centre is clearly marked in such a way that the following information can be readily established—
2.
—(1) If any of the above tests is positive, the centre veterinarian must ensure that the bovine animal is isolated and the semen collected from it since the last negative test is destroyed.
(2) The centre veterinarian must ensure that—
(b) semen is not stored with semen of a different health status and semen must be identifiable by a marking different from that used in EC collection or storage centres for semen for intra-Community trade.
(c) products of animal origin used in the processing of semen, including additives or diluents, are obtained from sources which present no animal health risk or are so treated prior to use that such risk is removed;
(d) the cryogenic agent used has not been previously used for other products of animal origin;
(e) each individual dose of semen is sealed, numbered and clearly marked so that the following information can be readily established—
2.
The centre veterinarian may not admit semen not collected at the centre for processing unless it is accompanied by—
3.
—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the centre veterinarian must ensure that the antibiotics streptomycin, penicillin, lincomycin and spectinomycin are added to produce the following concentrations in the final diluted semen—
(2) An alternative combination of antibiotics with an equivalent effect against campylobacters, leptospires and mycoplasms may be used.
4.
The centre veterinarian must ensure that, immediately after the addition of antibiotics, the semen is kept at a temperature of at least 5°C for a period of not less than 45 minutes.
for 30 days after collection or, in the case of fresh semen, until the date of dispatch of the semen.
3.
With regard to a bovine animal that—
the centre veterinarian must not allow its semen to leave the centre until the bovine animal has reached the age of two years and has tested negative for enzootic bovine leukosis, under a serological test carried out in accordance with the procedure described in Annex D (Chapter II) to Directive 64/432/EEC.
4.
With regard to a bovine animal vaccinated against foot-and-mouth more than 30 days before, but within 12 months of, a collection, the centre veterinarian must not allow its semen to leave the centre unless 5% (with a minimum of five straws) of each collection have tested negative to a virus isolation test for foot-and-mouth disease.
(c) the cryogenic agent used has not been previously used for other products of animal origin;
(d) each individual dose of semen is sealed, numbered and clearly marked so that the following information can be readily established—
2.
Notwithstanding paragraph 1(a), the centre veterinarian may store deep-frozen embryos at the centre provided that—
2.
—(1) The operator of unlicensed premises must make a record of a bovine animal to be admitted that—
(2) The operator of unlicensed premises must pass a copy of any record made under sub-paragraph (1) to the centre veterinarian of the collection centre to which the bovine animal's semen moves for processing, not later than the date of such move.
where only other cloven-hoofed animals having at least the same health status were present; or
(b) undergone the tests referred to in Part 2 of Schedule 3 during the previous 12 months and have been kept in—
2.
The bovine animals have been subjected to the following tests within the 28 days preceding the date of admission to a domestic collection centre or to unlicensed premises, with negative results—
3.
As an alternative to paragraphs 1 and 2, the bovine animals have been kept at a domestic collection centre and have undergone the tests referred to in paragraph 2 during the previous 12 months with negative results.
2.
The information referred to in regulation 31(3) is—
3.
The information referred to in regulation 31(4) is—
4.
The information referred to in regulation 31(5) is—
Instrument | Reference |
The Importation of Bovine Semen Regulations 1984 | S.I. 1984/1325 |
The Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (England and Wales) Regulations 1985 | S.I. 1985/1861 |
The Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Advertising Controls etc.) (Great Britain) Regulations 1987 | S. I. 1987/904 |
The Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 | S.I. 1992/671 |
The Importation of Bovine Semen (Amendment) Regulations 1993 | S.I. 1993/1966 |
The Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 | S.I. 1995/2549 |
Instrument | Reference |
The Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2001 | S.I. 2001/380 |
The Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Emergency Licences) (England) Regulations 2001 | S.I. 2001/1513 |
The Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002 | S.I. 2002/824 |
The Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2004 | S.I. 2004/3231 |
[2] Functions conferred under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984 on "the Minister" and "the Ministers" are exercisable by the Secretary of State. They were transferred to him by section 2(2) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002, S.I. 2002/794.back
[3] 1972 c.68. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51).back
[4] S.I. 1998/871, as amended by S.I. 1998/1796, 1998/2969, 1999/1339, 2001/1644, 2001/3960 and 2006/1538.back
[5] S.I. 2000/2976, as amended by S.I. 2001/1644, 2001/3960 and 2002/95.back
[6] OJ No. L 204, 11.8.2000, p. 1.back
[7] OJ No L 117, 7.5.1997, p. 1.back
[8] OJ No. L 194, 22.7.1988, p. 10. As of the date of these Regulations, this Directive was last amended by Commission Decision 2006/16/EC (OJ No. L 11, 17.1.2006, p. 21).back
[9] OJ No. P 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977. As of the date of these Regulations, this Directive was last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 599/2004 (OJ No. L 94, 31.3.2004, p. 44.)back
[11] 1981 c.22. Section 17(4) was repealed by the Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984, section 16(2) and Schedule 2.back
[13] S.I. 1983/6, amended by S.I. 1988/1090 and 1990/2217.back
[15] S.I. 1985/1861, amended by S.I. 1987/904, 1992/671, 1995/2549, 1996/3124, 2001/380, 2002/824, and 2004/3231.back
[16] S.I. 1987/390, amended by S.I. 1992/2592.back
[17] Available at http://www.oie.int/eng/normes/mcode/en_chapitre_2.3.5.htm back
[18] O.J. No L 302, 19.10.1989, p.1.back
[19] S.I. 1995/2478, amended by S.I. 1996/3124.back
[20] S.I. 2004/3388, amended by S.I. 2006/844.back
[21] S.I. 2006/1471, amended by S.I. 2006/2126.back