Regulation 16

SCHEDULE 6 Measures applicable to a domestic storage centre

1.  Subject to paragraph 2, the centre veterinarian must ensure that—

(a) only semen is stored at the centre;

(b) semen is only stored at the centre if it was collected and processed—

(i) in accordance with these Regulations;

(ii) lawfully in another part of the United Kingdom; or

(iii) in accordance with the Directive;

(c) the cryogenic agent used has not been previously used for other products of animal origin;

(d) each individual dose of semen is sealed, numbered and clearly marked so that the following information can be readily established—

(i) the date the semen was collected;

(ii) the identity of the donor bovine animal under the cattle identification regulations;

(iii) the breed of the donor bovine animal; and

(iv) the licence number of the centre where the semen was collected (if applicable).

2.  Notwithstanding paragraph 1(a), the centre veterinarian may store deep-frozen embryos at the centre provided that—

(a) such storage is authorised by the Welsh Ministers;

(b) the centre meets the requirements of regulations 16, 17 and 18 of the of the Bovine Embryo (Collection, Production and Transfer) Regulations 1995; and

(c) the embryos are stored in separate storage containers to those containing semen.

Regulation 16

SCHEDULE 7 Duties of operators of unlicensed premises

1.  The operator of unlicensed premises must ensure that—

(a) the accommodation in which the bovine animals from which semen is to be collected are kept, and the collection facilities (if different), are constructed so that they can be readily cleaned and disinfected;

(b) the Welsh Ministers are notified immediately if the result of any test carried out on a bovine animal on the premises, for any disease that must be tested for under these Regulations, indicates a change in the health status of the bovine animal;

(c) semen collected is moved to an EC collection centre or to a domestic collection centre for processing, accompanied by documents certifying—

(i) the bovine animal satisfies the requirements of regulations 19(c), 19(d) and 19(e) on the day of collection.

(ii) the bovine animal satisfies the requirements of Parts 1 or 2 of Schedule 8;

(iii) that the unlicensed premises satisfy the requirements in regulation 20(2); and

(iv) the premises from which the bovine animal came satisfy the requirements in regulation 22(6).

2.—(1) The operator of unlicensed premises must make a record of a bovine animal to be admitted that—

(a) did not belong to a herd officially free of enzootic bovine leukosis in accordance with Directive 64/432/EEC; or

(b) was produced by a dam which did not, after removal of the bovine animal from it, test negative to a test carried out in accordance with Annex D (Chapter II) to Directive 64/432/EEC.

(2) The operator of unlicensed premises must pass a copy of any record made under sub-paragraph (1) to the centre veterinarian of the collection centre to which the bovine animal’s semen moves for processing, not later than the date of such move.

Regulation 7

SCHEDULE 8 Movement of bovine animals for semen collection

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

The bovine animals have—

(a) completed 28 days' quarantine in—

where only other cloven-hoofed animals having at least the same health status were present; or

(b) undergone the tests referred to in Part 2 of Schedule 3 during the previous 12 months and have been kept in—

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

1.  The bovine animals belonged to a herd—

(a) officially tuberculosis free in accordance with Directive 64/432/EEC and the herd must not contain any bovine animals that have suffered a positive reaction, or given an inconclusive result, to a tuberculin skin test carried out in accordance with Directive 64/432/EEC; and

(b) officially brucellosis free in accordance with Directive 64/432/EEC.

2.  The bovine animals have been subjected to the following tests within the 28 days preceding the date of admission to a domestic collection centre or to unlicensed premises, with negative results—

(a) for bovine tuberculosis, an intradermal tuberculin test carried out in accordance with the procedure laid down in Annex B to Directive 64/432/EEC;

(b) for bovine brucellosis, a serological test carried out in accordance with the procedure described in Annex C to Directive 64/432/EEC; and

(c) for enzootic bovine leukosis, a serological test carried out in accordance with the procedure laid down in Annex D (Chapter II) to Directive 64/432/EEC.

3.  As an alternative to paragraphs 1 and 2, the bovine animals have been kept at a domestic collection centre and have undergone the tests referred to in paragraph 2 during the previous 12 months with negative results.