The Bovine Semen (Wales) Regulations 2008

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 General Provisions

    1. 1.Title, application and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Exceptions

  3. PART 2 Licensing of bovine semen centres and approval of bovine animals

    1. 4.Licensing of bovine semen centres

    2. 5.Application for a licence to operate a bovine semen centre

    3. 6.Bovine semen centre licence

    4. 7.Approval of a bovine animal

    5. 8.Application for approval of a bovine animal

    6. 9.Form of approval for a bovine animal

    7. 10.Approval of bovine animals for use at unlicensed premises

  4. PART 3 The operation of a bovine semen centre and collection at unlicensed premises

    1. 11.Entry of persons to bovine semen centres

    2. 12.Entry of non-bovine animals to bovine semen centres

    3. 13.Requirement to keep records of bovine animals

    4. 14.Requirement to keep records of semen

    5. 15.General duties of centre veterinarians

    6. 16.Specific duties of centre veterinarians and operators of unlicensed premises

    7. 17.Taking blood samples and testing for bovine tuberculosis

    8. 18.Laboratory tests

  5. PART 4 The collection, processing and storage of semen

    1. 19.Bovine animals from which semen may be collected

    2. 20.Places where semen may be collected

    3. 21.Use of teaser animals

    4. 22.Entry of bovine animals to EC quarantine centres, EC collection centres, domestic collection centres, or to unlicensed premises

    5. 23.Movement of bovine animals

    6. 24.Processing of semen

    7. 25.Instruments for collecting and processing semen

    8. 26.Containers for storing or moving semen

    9. 27.Storing and moving semen

    10. 28.Supply of frozen semen

    11. 29.Power of the Welsh Ministers to grant exemptions

    12. 30.Intra-Community trade in semen

    13. 31.Duties to keep records of the supply of semen

  6. PART 5 Administration and enforcement

    1. 32.Refusal of an approval or licence

    2. 33.Provision of information to the Welsh Ministers

    3. 34.Suspension and amendment

    4. 35.Revocation of an approval or licence

    5. 36.Appeals

    6. 37.Notice prohibiting the use of semen

    7. 38.Notice concerning illegal consignments

    8. 39.Provision of false information

    9. 40.Examination of bovine semen centres

    10. 41.Payment of fees

    11. 42.Refund of fees

    12. 43.Transitional provisions

    13. 44.Amendment of the Artificial Insemination (Cattle and Pigs) (Fees) Regulations 1987

    14. 45.Revocations

  7. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Construction and design of centres

      1. PART 1 EC quarantine centre

      2. PART 2 EC collection centre or domestic collection centre

      3. PART 3 EC storage centre or domestic storage centre

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Measures applicable to EC quarantine centres

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Measures applicable to EC collection centres

      1. PART 1 Records of enzootic bovine leukosis and marking of semen doses

      2. PART 2 Routine tests and treatment which must be applied to all bovine animals in EC collection centres

      3. PART 3 Measures applicable to processing facilities at an EC collection centre

      4. PART 4 Measures applicable to semen quarantine at an EC collection centre

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Measures applicable to EC storage centres

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      Measures applicable to a domestic collection centre

      1. PART 1 Records of enzootic bovine leukosis and marking of semen doses

      2. PART 2 Routine tests and treatment which must be applied to all bovine animals in domestic collection centres

      3. PART 3 Measures applicable to processing at a domestic collection centre

      4. PART 4 Measures applicable to semen quarantine at a domestic collection centre

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      Measures applicable to a domestic storage centre

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      Duties of operators of unlicensed premises

    8. SCHEDULE 8

      Movement of bovine animals for semen collection

      1. PART 1 Bovine animals that may move to an EC collection centre, domestic collection centre or to unlicensed premises

      2. PART 2 Bovine animals that may move to a domestic collection centre or to unlicensed premises

    9. SCHEDULE 9

      Information to be recorded

    10. SCHEDULE 10

      Revocations

      1. PART 1 Statutory instruments revoked insofar as they apply in relation to Wales

      2. PART 2 Statutory instruments revoked

  9. Explanatory Note