# Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, Regulation 7: Licence to operate a processing centre


For regulation 7 there shall be substituted the following regulation—
“7 (1) A person shall not—
(a) keep an approved bull for the purposes of collecting semen therefrom;
(b) collect semen for processing; or
(c) process semen,
for the purposes of that semen being used in the artificial insemination of a cow except under and in accordance with the conditions of a processing centre licence granted by the Department.
(2) The Department shall not grant a processing centre licence unless it is satisfied that the processing centre to which it relates complies with the provisions of the Directive (and, in particular, Annex A thereof).
(3) Where the Department has granted a processing centre licence it shall issue a distinguishing registration number in respect of the processing centre to which the licence relates.
(4) The Department shall approve a centre veterinarian to supervise each processing centre and that veterinarian shall report to the Department any breach of any provision of the Directive in relation to those premises.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/35/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/artificial-insemination-of-cattle-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-7
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