Regulation 10 Transfer of bovine embryos
No person shall transfer any bovine embryo unless he is a member of an approved bovine embryo transfer team or a veterinary surgeon.
If the person carrying out the transfer is not a veterinary surgeon, he shall only do so if he is competent and has been trained by a team veterinarian of a bovine embryo transfer team in methods and techniques of hygiene, and the transfer shall be carried out under the responsibility of the team veterinarian.
If the person carrying out the transfer is a veterinary surgeon, he shall clinically examine the recipient cow before carrying out the transfer and shall satisfy himself—
that the recipient is suitable to receive the embryo, and
that there is no reason of which he knows existing at the time of his examination which would cause him to believe that the animal would not be able to carry to term a normal calf from the breed and type of embryo being transferred and to calve naturally,
and if he cannot so satisfy himself he shall not transfer the embryo.
If the person carrying out the transfer is not a veterinary surgeon, he shall not carry out the transfer unless a veterinary surgeon nominated for this purpose by the team veterinarian has clinically examined the recipient cow within 30 days preceding the transfer and has certified in the form specified in Schedule 2 to these Regulations that—
he has clinically examined the recipient,
the recipient is suitable to receive the embryo, and
he knows of no reason existing at the time of his examination which would cause him to believe that the animal would not be able to carry to term a normal calf of the breed and type specified in the certificate and to calve naturally.
No person shall transfer any bovine embryo which has been collected, processed or stored in breach of the provisions of these Regulations.