Regulation 20 Places where semen may be collected

England and Wales

(1)

No person may collect semen from a bovine animal except—

(a)

at F1a licensed collection centre;

(b)

at a domestic collection centre; or

(c)

at unlicensed premises,

in accordance with these Regulations.

(2)

Such centres or unlicensed premises must—

(a)

have been free from foot-and-mouth disease for at least three months prior to collection of the semen;

(b)

be situated in the centre of an area of 10 kilometres radius in which there has been no case of foot-and-mouth disease for at least the preceding 30 days; and

(c)

have been, for 30 days prior to collection of the semen, free from the bovine diseases listed in Annex E(I) to Directive 64/432/EEC.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Regulations substituted (31.12.2020) by The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/597), reg. 2(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)