# The Bovine Semen (Scotland) Regulations 2007, Paragraph 3


(1) With regard to a bovine animal that–
(a) did not belong to a herd officially free of enzootic bovine leukosis in accordance with sections A and B of Chapter 1 of Annex D to Directive 64/432/EEC; or
(b) was produced by a dam which did not, after removal of the bovine animal from it, test negative to a test carried out in accordance with Annex D (Chapter II) to Directive 64/432/EEC,
the centre veterinarian must not allow its semen to leave the centre until the bovine animal has reached the age of two years and has tested negative for enzootic bovine leukosis, under a serological test carried out in accordance with the procedure described in Annex D (Chapter II) to Directive 64/432/EEC.
(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a), Section A(iii) of Chapter 1 of Annex D to Directive 64/432/EEC is to be read as if the reference to “Member State or region” includes the United Kingdom or region of the United Kingdom.
(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b) and the words following that sub-paragraph, Annex D (Chapter II) to Directive 64/432/EEC is to be read as if the references to “The State institutes, national reference laboratories or official institutes designated in accordance with Article 6a” include—
(a) in relation to Scotland, a laboratory approved by the Scottish Ministers,
(b) in relation to another part of the United Kingdom, a laboratory approved by an authority under legislation in force in that part of the United Kingdom,
for co-ordinating the standards and methods of diagnosis referred to.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/330/schedule/5/part/4/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-semen-scotland-regulations-2007/schedule-5/part-4/paragraph-3
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