# The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (England) Order 2006, Paragraph 16: Breeding in a protection zone

Extent: E+W+S

(1) No person shall carry out breeding of susceptible animals by means of itinerant service in a protection zone.
(2) No person shall carry out artificial insemination of animals or collect any embryo or ovum in a protection zone except in compliance with sub-paragraph (3) or (4).
(3) Artificial insemination of a susceptible animal complies with this sub-paragraph if it satisfies the following requirements—
(a) it is carried out by the occupier of the premises where the animal is kept (or any employee of that occupier);
(b) the semen used has not left the premises since the protection zone was declared, or was delivered to the occupier or his employee at a place outside the premises from a semen collection centre;
(c) it is carried out using equipment which has been on the premises since the protection zone was declared.
(4) Artificial insemination of a non-susceptible animal or the collection of embryos or ova from such an animal complies with this sub-paragraph if—
(a) it is carried out by the occupier of the premises where the animal is kept (or any employee of that occupier); and
(b) either no susceptible animals are kept on the premises or (in the case of artificial insemination only) it is carried out under the authority of a licence granted by the Secretary of State.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/182/schedule/5/paragraph/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/foot-and-mouth-disease-england-order-2006/schedule-5/paragraph-16
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