The Veterinary Surgery (Epidural Anaesthesia of Bovines) Order 2010

Interpretation

3.  In this Order—

“approved course” means—

(a)

a training course in the administration of epidural anaesthesia to bovines that is approved for the time being by the Secretary of State or the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, after consultation with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons; or

(b)

a course of training in a relevant European State(1) successful completion of which entitles a person to administer epidural anaesthesia to bovines in that State;

“embryo” means the initial stage of development of a domestic animal of the bovine species while it is capable of being transferred to a recipient dam;

“embryo collection” means the collection of embryos from donor animals;

“embryo collection or embryo transfer team” means a group of technicians approved, in the case of embryo collection teams, for the time being by the Secretary of State, by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development or by the competent authority of a relevant European State and supervised by a team veterinarian competent to perform the collection, processing and storage, or the transfer of embryos;

“embryo transfer” means the transfer of embryos into recipients;

“team veterinarian” means a veterinary surgeon who is responsible for the supervision of an embryo collection or embryo transfer team; and

“veterinary surgeon” means a person who is registered in the register of veterinary surgeons or the supplemental veterinary register.

(1)

See section 27(1) of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 for the meaning of “relevant European State”.