11.—(1) No person shall collect or process any bovine embryo not intended for intra-Area trade unless—
(a)he is a member of a collection team approved under regulation 5 or regulation 6;
(b)he is the collection team veterinarian or acting under his authority;
(c)the bovine embryo is collected and processed in accordance with Schedule 4 or Schedule 6;
(d)the donor cow is not subject to any veterinary prohibition or quarantine measures and shows no clinical sign of infectious disease at the date of collection; and
(e)the bovine embryo was conceived either—
(i)from a donor sire (either by natural service or by using raw semen) which, at the date of service, was not subject to any veterinary prohibition or quarantine measures and showed no clinical sign of infectious disease, or
(ii)by artificial insemination using semen which was eligible for distribution or sale in Great Britain at the time of insemination.
(2) A bovine embryo may be collected by either a veterinary surgeon or a member of an approved bovine embryo collection team acting under the authority of the team veterinarian for transfer without being processed in accordance with Schedule 4 or Schedule 6 if—
(a)the bovine embryo is intended for use in the United Kingdom without being frozen or stored and the recipient cow is in the same ownership as the donor cow;
(b)the donor cow is not subject to any veterinary prohibition or quarantine measures at the date of collection; and
(c)in a case where the bovine embryo was conceived by natural service or using raw semen, the donor sire was not subject to any veterinary prohibition or quarantine measures at the date of service.
(3) Where the appropriate Minister thinks fit, he may approve the collection of a bovine embryo produced from a donor animal which does not comply with this regulation provided it is not intended for intra-Area trade.