Article 3 InterpretationI1

In this Order—

• “approved course” means—

  1. (a)

     a training course in the administration of epidural anaesthesia to bovines that is approved for the time being by the Secretary of State or the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, after consultation with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons; F1...

  2. (b)

     ...

• “embryo” means the initial stage of development of a domestic animal of the bovine species while it is capable of being transferred to a recipient dam;

• “embryo collection” means the collection of embryos from donor animals;

• “embryo collection or embryo transfer team” means a group of technicians approved, in the case of embryo collection teams, for the time being by the F2Secretary of State or by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development F3... and supervised by a team veterinarian competent to perform the collection, processing and storage, or the transfer of embryos;

• “embryo transfer” means the transfer of embryos into recipients;

• “team veterinarian” means a veterinary surgeon who is responsible for the supervision of an embryo collection or embryo transfer team; and

• “veterinary surgeon” means a person who is registered in the register of veterinary surgeons or the supplemental veterinary register.