# Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, Regulation 11: Approval of bulls


For regulation 15 there shall be substituted the following regulation—
“15 (1) The Department may by notice served on the owner of an approved bull and on any other person it may deem appropriate, prohibit the use or distribution for use in the artificial insemination of a cow of any semen collected from that bull where in the opinion of the Department it appears necessary to do so in order to safeguard animal health or welfare, having regard to the result of any test, examination or inspection of the bull or of any information relating to its progeny.
(2) Any notice issued under paragraph (1) may require that the prohibition shall apply to semen collected during a period specified in that notice, and may require that any person to whom the notice was given shall inform the Department of the identity of any person to whom he has distributed semen from that bull which was collected within that period.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/35/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/artificial-insemination-of-cattle-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-11
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