# Artificial Insemination of Cattle Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988, Regulation 3: Licences to practice artificial insemination


(1) 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) a commercial inseminator licence; or
(b) a farm inseminator licence,
granted by the Department.
(2) 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.
(3) 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—
(a) the holder of a farm storage licence;
(b) a member of the immediate family of the holder of a farm storage licence and is normally resident with him; or
(c) a full-time employee of the holder of a farm storage licence.
(4) A farm inseminator licence—
(a) shall authorise the holder to perform artificial insemination on cows only in the herd specified in the licence; and
(b) shall not authorise the holder to artificially inseminate cows for reward.
(5) A person shall not be the holder concurrently of a commercial inseminator licence and a farm inseminator licence.
(6) The prohibition in paragraph (1) shall not apply to a veterinary surgeon who artificially inseminates a client's cow for therapeutic reasons.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1988/339/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/artificial-insemination-of-cattle-regulations-northern-ireland-1988/regulation-3
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