Regulation 12 Application of Regulations

For regulation 16(2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(2)

In paragraph (1)—

(a)

“permitted person” means—

(i)

the owner of the bull from which semen is collected;

(ii)

a person who is—

(i)

a regular full-time employee of the owner of the bull; or

(ii)

a member of the immediate family of the owner of the bull and normally resident with him;

(iii)

a veterinary surgeon; or

(iv)

a person who is licensed to practice ova transplantation in cattle under the Transplantation of Ova (Animals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982^f1 or a person who is a member of a bovine embryo transplantation team under the Bovine Embryo Collection, Production and Transplantation Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996^f2; and

(b)

“partially processed” means semen which has been collected in a place other than a processing centre licenced under regulation 7(1) from a bull, whether or not it complies with the requirements of Annex B of the Directive, and which has been processed by means of one or more of the processes listed at (a), (b), (c) and (d) of the definition of “processing”.”.