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16.—(1) These regulations shall not apply to anything done by a permitted person in the course of or for the purpose of the artificial insemination of a cow with raw or partially processed semen which has been collected by such person where, at the time of such insemination, the cow is—
(a)owned by the same person and kept in the same herd as the bull from which the semen is collected; and
(b)kept on land occupied by the owner of the bull.
(2) In paragraph (1) “permitted person” means—
(a)the owner of the bull from which semen is collected;
(b)a person who is—
(i)a regular full-time employee of the owner of the bull; or
(ii)a member of the immediate family of the owner of the bull and normally resident with him;
(c)a veterinary surgeon; or
(d)a person who is licensed to practice ova transplantation in cattle under the Transplantation of Ova (Animals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1978(1).
(3) These regulations shall not apply to anything done by any person for the purposes of education or research in an educational or research establishment provided that semen is not used at any time in the artificial insemination of a cow.
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