Regulation 3 Licences to practice artificial insemination
Subject to paragraph (6), a person shall not artificially inseminate a cow with processed semen except under and in accordance with the conditions of—
a commercial inseminator licence; or
a farm inseminator licence,
granted by the Department.
The Department shall not grant a commercial inseminator licence unless the applicant is properly trained to the satisfaction of the Department and is an employee of the holder of a supply licence.
The Department shall not grant a farm inseminator licence unless the applicant has to the satisfaction of the Department completed an approved course in the practice of artificial insemination and is—
the holder of a farm storage licence;
a member of the immediate family of the holder of a farm storage licence and is normally resident with him; or
a full-time employee of the holder of a farm storage licence.
A farm inseminator licence—
shall authorise the holder to perform artificial insemination on cows only in the herd specified in the licence; and
shall not authorise the holder to artificially inseminate cows for reward.
A person shall not be the holder concurrently of a commercial inseminator licence and a farm inseminator licence.
The prohibition in paragraph (1) shall not apply to a veterinary surgeon who artificially inseminates a client's cow for therapeutic reasons.