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The Welfare of Animals (Permitted Procedures by Lay Persons) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012
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Regulations 2 and 3(a)
SCHEDULE 1N.I.CATTLE
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PART IN.I.Part I of this Schedule specifies permitted procedures which may be performed by a lay person in relation to cattle
Identification proceduresN.I.
1.—(1) Ear notching;
(2) Ear tagging;
(3) Freeze branding;
(4) Microchipping;
(5) Tattooing;
(6) Other methods of identification involving a prohibited procedure required by law and not restricted to being undertaken by a veterinary surgeon.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 para. 1 in operation at 2.4.2012, see reg. 1
Procedures for the control of reproductionN.I.
2.—(1) Artificial insemination;
(2) Castration;
(3) Embryo collection or transfer by a non-surgical method;
(4) Implantation of a subcutaneous contraceptive;
(5) Ovum transplantation, including ovum collection by a non-surgical method.
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 1 para. 2 in operation at 2.4.2012, see reg. 1
Other management proceduresN.I.
3.—(1) Dehorning;
(2) Disbudding;
(3) Nose ringing;
(4) Removal of supernumerary teats.
Commencement Information
I3Sch. 1 para. 3 in operation at 2.4.2012, see reg. 1
PART IIN.I.Part II specifies any additional conditions for a procedure
CastrationN.I.
4. When the method used is the application of a rubber ring or other device to constrict the flow of blood to the scrotum, the procedure shall only be carried out on an animal aged not more than 7 days or by any other means before the age of two months.
Commencement Information
I4Sch. 1 para. 4 in operation at 2.4.2012, see reg. 1
Embryo collection or transfer by a non-surgical methodN.I.
5. An anaesthetic shall be administered.
Commencement Information
I5Sch. 1 para. 5 in operation at 2.4.2012, see reg. 1
Implantation of a subcutaneous contraceptiveN.I.
6.—(1) The procedure may not be carried out on a farmed animal.
(2) The procedure shall only be carried out as part of a conservation breeding programme.
Commencement Information
I6Sch. 1 para. 6 in operation at 2.4.2012, see reg. 1
Ovum transplantation, including ovum collection by a non-surgical methodN.I.
7. An anaesthetic shall be administered.
Commencement Information
I7Sch. 1 para. 7 in operation at 2.4.2012, see reg. 1
DehorningN.I.
8. An anaesthetic shall be administered.
Commencement Information
I8Sch. 1 para. 8 in operation at 2.4.2012, see reg. 1
DisbuddingN.I.
9.—(1) When the method used is chemical cauterisation, the procedure shall only be carried out on an animal aged not more than 7 days.
(2) When any other method is used, such as heated iron, an anaesthetic shall be administered.
Commencement Information
I9Sch. 1 para. 9 in operation at 2.4.2012, see reg. 1
Removal of supernumerary teatsN.I.
10.—(1) The procedure shall only be carried out on an animal that is aged not more than 3 months.
(2) An anaesthetic shall be administered.
Commencement Information
I10Sch. 1 para. 10 in operation at 2.4.2012, see reg. 1
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