Paragraph

England, Wales and Scotland

The centre must—

(a)

have at least—

(i)

bovine animal housing, including isolation facilities that have no direct communication with the normal bovine animal housing;

(ii)

semen collection facilities, including a separate room for the cleaning and disinfection or sterilisation of equipment;

(iii)

facilities where semen may be processed, which need not be on the same site; and

(iv)

a semen quarantine room, which need not be on the same site;

(b)

be constructed or isolated so that contact with livestock outside the centre is prevented;

(c)

be constructed so that the bovine animal housing and the semen collection and processing facilities and the semen quarantine room can be readily cleaned and disinfected; and

(d)

be so designed that the bovine animal housing is separated from the processing facilities and both are separated from the semen quarantine room.

Notes on Part 2

Textual amendments

F1: Word in Regulations substituted (31.12.2020) by The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/782), reg. 7(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)