The Bovine Semen (Scotland) Regulations 2007

• (d) the embryos are stored in separate storage containers from those containing semen.

SCHEDULE 5 — Duties of the centre veterinarian in domestic collection centres

PART 1 — Records of enzootic bovine leukosis and marking of semen ...

1

• (1) The centre veterinarian must make a record of a bovine animal admitted 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.

• (3) 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.

• (4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b), 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.

• (2) The centre veterinarian must pass a copy of any record made under sub paragraph (1) to the centre veterinarian of any collection centre to which the bovine animal or semen of that animal may move, not later than the date of such move.

2

The centre veterinarian must ensure that each individual collection of semen collected at the centre is clearly marked in such a way that the following information can be readily established–

• (a) the date the semen was collected;

• (b) the identity of the donor bovine animal under the cattle identification regulations;

• (c) the breed of the donor bovine animal; and

• (d) the licence number of the centre.

PART 2 — Routine tests and treatment which must be applied to all bovine animals in domestic collection centres

1

• (1) The centre veterinarian must ensure that all bovine animals kept at a domestic collection centre must be subjected at least once a year to the following tests–

• (a) for bovine tuberculosis, an intradermal tuberculin test, carried out in accordance with the procedure laid down in Annex B to Directive 64/432/EEC;

• (b) for bovine brucellosis, a serological test carried out in accordance with the procedure described in Annex C to Directive 64/432/EEC; and

• (c) for enzootic bovine leukosis, 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), Annex B to Directive 64/432/EEC is to be read as if—

• (a) the reference to “Officially tuberculosis-free herd status may be suspended” includes the herd no longer being considered to be free from tuberculosis under the Tuberculosis (Scotland) Order 2023 (or legislation having equivalent effect in another part of the United Kingdom),

• (b) the references to “intra-Community trade” include trade between the United Kingdom and a member State,

• (c) the reference to “Community legislation” includes these Regulations and legislation having equivalent effect in another part of the United Kingdom,

• (d) the reference to “in a region, Member States” includes—

• (i) in Scotland, the Scottish Ministers,

• (ii) in another part of the United Kingdom, an equivalent authority under legislation in force in that part of the United Kingdom;

• (e) the reference to “The State institutes, national reference laboratories or official institutes designated in accordance with Article 6a” includes—

• (i) in relation to Scotland, a laboratory approved by the Scottish Ministers,

• (ii) 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;

• (f) the reference to “in their respective Member States” includes in respective parts of the United Kingdom.

• (3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b), Annex C to Directive 64/432/EEC is to be read as if—

• (a) the references to “each Member State” and “the Member State” include the United Kingdom,

• (b) the references to “certification” include a “certificate” as defined in these Regulations or an equivalent certificate published by an authority in another part of the United Kingdom under legislation in force there;

• (c) the references to “intra-Community trade” include trade between the United Kingdom and a member State,

• (d) the reference to “officially brucellosis-free or brucellosis-free bovine herds” includes bovine herds which do not include bovine animals subject to measures imposed by a veterinary inspector under the Brucellosis (Scotland) Order 2009 (or legislation having equivalent effect in another part of the United Kingdom),

• (e) the reference to “National reference laboratories designated in accordance with Article 6a” includes—

• (i) in relation to Scotland, a laboratory approved by the Scottish Ministers,

• (ii) 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.

• (4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(c), 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.

2

• (1) If any of the tests in paragraph (1) is positive the centre veterinarian must ensure that–

• (a) the bovine animal is isolated; and

• (b) where the semen collected from it is held at the centre–

• (i) the semen collected from the bovine animal since the last negative test is destroyed;

• (ii) semen collected from all other bovine animals at the centre since the date when the positive test was carried out is held in separate storage; and

• (iii) such semen is not used or supplied until the health status of the centre has been restored to the level required by ... these Regulations.

• (2) Where the semen has been supplied to any person from the centre, the centre veterinarian must notify that person that the semen is subject to the requirements of sub-paragraph (1)(b).

• (3) Any person given notice under sub-paragraph (2) shall, if the semen is held by them, ensure that it is destroyed, held in separate storage or not used or supplied in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)(b).

• (4) Where any person has been supplied with the semen, other than from the centre, and that person subsequently supplies that semen to any other person, paragraph (2) shall apply equally to that other person.

PART 3 — Measures applicable to processing at a domestic collection centre

1

The centre veterinarian must ensure that–

• (a) semen processed at the centre is semen collected–

• (i) at a licensed collection centre;

• (ii) at a collection centre approved under the Directive in a member State or under legislation equivalent to these Regulations in another part of the United Kingdom;

• (iii) at a domestic collection centre;

• (iv) at unlicensed premises in accordance with these Regulations; or

• (v) lawfully in another part of the United Kingdom;

• (b) semen is not stored with semen of a different health status and semen must be identifiable by a distinct marking that is different to marking used at licensed collection centres and licensed storage centres.

• (c) products of animal origin used in the processing of semen, including additives or dilutents, are obtained from sources which present no animal health risk or are so treated prior to use that such risk is removed;

• (d) the cryogenic agent used has not been previously used for other products of animal origin;

• (e) each individual dose of semen is sealed, numbered and clearly marked so that the following information can be readily established–

• (i) the date the semen was collected;

• (ii) the identity of the donor bovine animal under the cattle identification regulations;

• (iii) the breed of the donor bovine animal; and

• (iv) the licence number of the centre where the semen was collected (if applicable).

2

The centre veterinarian may not admit semen not collected at the centre for processing unless it is accompanied by–

• (a) the documents specified in regulation 14(4); and

• (b) if the semen comes from unlicensed premises, the documents specified in Schedule 7, paragraph 1(d).

3

• (1) Subject to sub paragraph (2), the centre veterinarian must ensure that the antibiotics streptomycin, penicillin, lincomycin and spectinomycin are added to produce the following concentrations in the final diluted semen–

• (a) not less than 500 μg streptomycin per ml final dilution;

• (b) not less than 500 International Units penicillin per ml final dilution;

• (c) not less than 150 μg lincomycin per ml final dilution; and

• (d) not less than 300 μg spectinomycin per ml final dilution.

• (2) An alternative combination of antibiotics with an equivalent effect against campylobacters, leptospires and mycoplasms may be used.

4

The centre veterinarian must ensure that, immediately after the addition of antibiotics, the semen is kept at a temperature of at least 5ºC for a period of not less than 45 minutes.

PART 4 — Measures applicable to semen quarantine at a domestic collection centre

1

The centre veterinarian must ensure that frozen semen is kept in the semen quarantine unit for at least 30 days before it leaves the centre.

2

The centre veterinarian must not allow any semen to leave the domestic collection centre unless the premises where it was collected remain clear of–

• (a) foot and mouth disease; and

• (b) the bovine diseases listed in Annex E(I) to Directive 64/432/EEC,

for 30 days after collection or, in the case of fresh semen, until the date of dispatch of the semen.

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.

4

With regard to a bovine animal vaccinated against foot and mouth more than 30 days before, but within 12 months of, a collection, the centre veterinarian must not allow its semen to leave the centre unless 5% (with a minimum of five straws) of each collection have tested negative to a virus isolation test for foot and mouth disease.

SCHEDULE 6 — Duties of the centre veterinarian in domestic storage centres

1

Subject to paragraph 2, the centre veterinarian must ensure that–

• (a) only semen is stored at the centre;

• (b) semen is only stored at the centre if it was collected and processed–

• (i) in accordance with these Regulations;

• (ii) lawfully in another part of the United Kingdom; or

• (iii) in accordance with the Directive;

• (c) the cryogenic agent used has not been previously used for other products of animal origin;

• (d) each individual dose of semen is sealed, numbered and clearly marked so that the following information can be readily established–

• (i) the date the semen was collected;

• (ii) the identity of the donor bovine animal under the cattle identification regulations;

• (iii) the breed of the donor bovine animal; and

• (iv) the licence number of the centre where the semen was collected (if applicable).

2

Notwithstanding paragraph 1(a), the centre veterinarian may store deep frozen embryos at the centre provided that–

• (a) such storage is authorised by the Scottish Ministers;

• (b) the centre meets the requirements of regulations 16, 17 and 18 of the Bovine Embryo (Collection, Production and Transfer) Regulations 1995 ; and

• (c) the embryos are stored in separate storage containers to those containing semen.

SCHEDULE 7 — Duties of operators of unlicensed premises

1

The operator of unlicensed premises must ensure that–

• (a) the accommodation in which the bovine animals from which semen is to be collected are kept, and the collection facilities (if different), are constructed so that they can be readily cleaned and disinfected;

• (b) the Scottish Ministers are notified immediately if the result of any test carried out on a bovine animal on the premises, for any disease that must be tested for under these Regulations, indicates a change in the health status of the bovine animal;

• (c) semen collected is moved for processing to—

• (i) a licensed collection centre;

• (ii) a domestic collection centre;

• (iii) unlicensed processing premises in Scotland; or

• (iv) any premises in another part of the United Kingdom where semen collected at unlicensed premises in Scotland may be lawfully processed under legislation equivalent to these Regulations;

• (d) when semen is moved for processing under sub-paragraph (c), it is accompanied by documents certifying that—

• (i) the bovine animal satisfies the requirements of regulations 19(c), 19(d) and 19(e) on the day of collection;

• (ii) the bovine animal satisfies the requirements of Parts 1 or 2 of Schedule 8;

• (iii) the unlicensed premises satisfy the requirements in regulation 20(2); and

• (iv) the premises from which the bovine animal came satisfy the requirements in regulation 22(6).

2

• (1) The operator of unlicensed premises must make a record of a bovine animal to be admitted 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.

• (2) The operator of unlicensed premises must pass a copy of any record made under sub paragraph (1) to —

• (a) the centre veterinarian of the centre if the bovine animal’s semen is moved for processing to a licensed collection centre or a domestic collection centre; or

• (b) the veterinarian responsible for supervision of processing if the bovine animal’s semen is moved for processing to any other premises;

not later than the date of such move.

• (3) 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.

• (4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b), 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.

SCHEDULE 8 — Movement of bovine animals for semen collection

PART 1 — Bovine animals that may move to a licensed or domestic collection centre or to unlicensed premises

The bovine animals have–

• (a) completed 28 days' quarantine in–

• (i) an EC quarantine centre; or

• (ii) a quarantine centre approved in accordance with paragraph 1(a) of Chapter 1 of Annex B to the Directive by the competent authority of another member State or part of the United Kingdom,

where only other cloven hoofed animals having at least the same health status were present; or

• (b) undergone the tests referred to in Part 2 of Schedule 3 during the previous 12 months and have been kept in–

• (i) another EC collection centre; or

• (ii) a semen collection centre authorised under the Directive in accordance with paragraph 5 of Chapter 1 of Annex B to the Directive, in the case of movement of a bovine animal kept in a semen collection centre authorised under the Directive in another member State or part of the United Kingdom.

PART 2 — Bovine animals that may move to a domestic collection centre or to unlicensed premises

1

• (1) The bovine animals belonged to a herd–

• (a) officially tuberculosis free in accordance with the text before paragraph 1, paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 of Annex A.1 to Directive 64/432/EEC and the herd must not contain any bovine animals that have suffered a positive reaction, or given an inconclusive result, to a tuberculin skin test carried out in accordance with Annex B to Directive 64/432/EEC; and

• (b) officially brucellosis free in accordance with the text before paragraph 1, paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 of Annex A.2 to Directive 64/432/EEC.

• (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)—

• (a) the text before paragraph 1, paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 of Annex A.1 to Directive 64/432/EEC are to be read as if—

• (i) the references to “competent authority” and “competent authority of a Member State” include—

• (aa) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers,

• (bb) in relation to another part of the United Kingdom, an equivalent authority under legislation in force in that part of the United Kingdom;

• (ii) the reference to “on its own territory” includes territory in the United Kingdom,

• (iii) the reference to “in a Member State” were omitted,

• (iv) the references to “the Member State or part of the Member State” and “the Member State or a part thereof” include the United Kingdom or part of the United Kingdom,

• (b) the text before paragraph 1, paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 of Annex A.2 to Directive 64/432/EEC are to be read as if—

• (i) the references to “competent authority” and “competent authority of a Member State” include—

• (aa) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers,

• (bb) in relation to another part of the United Kingdom, an equivalent authority under legislation in force in that part of the United Kingdom;

• (ii) the reference to “the Member State or part of the Member state” includes the United Kingdom or part of the United Kingdom,

• (iii) the references to “Member States, or regions of Member States” and “that Member State or region” include the United Kingdom or region of the United Kingdom,

• (c) Annex B to Directive 64/432/EEC is to be read as if—

• (i) the reference to “Officially tuberculosis-free herd status may be suspended” includes the herd no longer being considered to be free from tuberculosis under the Tuberculosis (Scotland) Order 2023 (or legislation having equivalent effect in another part of the United Kingdom),

• (ii) the references to “intra-Community trade” include trade between the United Kingdom and a member State,

• (iii) the reference to “Community legislation” includes these Regulations and legislation having equivalent effect in another part of the United Kingdom,

• (iv) the reference to “in a region, Member States” includes—

• (aa) in Scotland, the Scottish Ministers,

• (bb) in another part of the United Kingdom, an equivalent authority under legislation in force in that part of the United Kingdom;

• (v) the reference to “The State institutes, national reference laboratories or official institutes designated in accordance with Article 6a” includes—

• (aa) in relation to Scotland, a laboratory approved by the Scottish Ministers,

• (bb) 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;

• (vi) the reference to “in their respective Member States” includes in respective parts of the United Kingdom.

2

• (1) The bovine animals have been subjected to the following tests within the 28 days preceding the date of admission to a domestic collection centre or to unlicensed premises, with negative results–

• (a) for bovine tuberculosis, an intradermal tuberculin test carried out in accordance with the procedure laid down in Annex B to Directive 64/432/EEC;

• (b) for bovine brucellosis, a serological test carried out in accordance with the procedure described in Annex C to Directive 64/432/EEC; and

• (c) for enzootic bovine leukosis, a serological test carried out in accordance with the procedure laid down in Annex D (Chapter II) to Directive 64/432/EEC.

• (2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a), Annex B to Directive 64/432/EEC is to be read as if—

• (a) the reference to “Officially tuberculosis-free herd status may be suspended” includes the herd no longer being considered to be free from tuberculosis under the Tuberculosis (Scotland) Order 2023 (or legislation having equivalent effect in another part of the United Kingdom),

• (b) the references to “intra-Community trade” include trade between the United Kingdom and a member State,

• (c) the reference to “Community legislation” includes these Regulations and legislation having equivalent effect in another part of the United Kingdom,

• (d) the reference to “in a region, Member States” includes—

• (i) in Scotland, the Scottish Ministers,

• (ii) in another part of the United Kingdom, an equivalent authority under legislation in force in that part of the United Kingdom;

• (e) the reference to “The State institutes, national reference laboratories or official institutes designated in accordance with Article 6a” includes—

• (i) in relation to Scotland, a laboratory approved by the Scottish Ministers,

• (ii) 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;

• (f) the reference to “in their respective Member States” includes in respective parts of the United Kingdom.

• (3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b), Annex C to Directive 64/432/EEC is to be read as if—

• (a) the references to “each Member State” and “the Member State” include the United Kingdom,

• (b) the references to “certification” include a “certificate” as defined in these Regulations or an equivalent certificate published by an authority in another part of the United Kingdom under legislation in force there;

• (c) the references to “intra-Community trade” include trade between the United Kingdom and a member State,

• (d) the reference to “officially brucellosis-free or brucellosis-free bovine herds” includes bovine herds which do not include bovine animals subject to measures imposed by a veterinary inspector under the Brucellosis (Scotland) Order 2009 (or legislation having equivalent effect in another part of the United Kingdom),

• (e) the reference to “National reference laboratories designated in accordance with Article 6a” includes—

• (i) in relation to Scotland, a laboratory approved by the Scottish Ministers,

• (ii) 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.

• (4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(c), 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.

3

As an alternative to paragraphs 1 and 2, the bovine animals have been kept at a domestic collection centre and have undergone the tests referred to in paragraph 2 during the previous 12 months with negative results.

SCHEDULE 9 — Information to be recorded

1

The information referred to in regulation 31(2) is–

• (a) the name and address of the person to whom the semen is supplied;

• (b) the date the semen was dispatched and the means of dispatch;

• (c) the name of the donor bovine animal and its identity under the cattle identification regulations;

• (d) the number of straws or other receptacles supplied and their identification code.

2

The information referred to in regulation 31(3) is–

• (a) the name and address of the person who supplied the semen;

• (b) the date the semen was received;

• (c) the name of the donor bovine animal and its identity under the cattle identification regulations;

• (d) the number of straws or other receptacles supplied and the identification code allocated to each batch of straws;

• (e) the number of any straws or other receptacles damaged or destroyed and their identification code.

3

The information referred to in regulation 31(4) is–

• (a) the name of the donor bovine animal and its identity under the cattle identification regulations;

• (b) the number of the straw or other receptacle used;

• (c) the identification code of the straw or other receptacle;

• (d) the ear tag number of the bovine animal inseminated;

• (e) the date of insemination.

4

The information referred to in regulation 31(5) is–

• (a) the name of the donor bovine animal and its identity under the cattle identification regulations;

• (b) the number of the straw or other receptacle destroyed;

• (c) the identification code of the straw or other receptacle;

• (d) the date of destruction.

SCHEDULE 10 — Transitional Provisions

Licence and approvals under the Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (Scotland) Regulations 1985	Equivalent approval under these Regulations
Approval for use of a bull (regulation 5)	Approval of a bovine animal (regulation 7)
Processing licence (regulation 7(1)(a))	Processing of semen intended for intra Community trade: licence of an EC collection centre (regulation 4(b)(i)). Processing of semen not intended for intra Community trade: licence of a domestic collection centre (regulation 4(b)(ii)).
Storage licence (regulation 7(1)(b))	Licence of EC storage centre (regulation 4(c)(i)) or licence of domestic storage centre (regulation 4(c)(ii)).

SCHEDULE 11 — Revocations

PART 1 — Statutory instruments revoked insofar as they extend to Scotland

Instrument	Reference
The Importation of Bovine Semen Regulations 1984	S.I. 1984/1325
The Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Advertising Controls etc.) (Great Britain) Regulations 1987	S.I. 1987/904
The Importation of Bovine Semen (Amendment) Regulations 1993	S.I. 1993/1966

PART 2 — Statutory instruments revoked

Instrument	Reference
The Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (Scotland) Regulations 1985	S.I. 1985/1857 (S.138)
The Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1992	S.I. 1992/1192 (S.114)
The Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1995	S.I. 1995/2556 (S.185)
The Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Emergency Licences) (Scotland) Regulations 2001	S.S.I. 2001/179
The Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002	S.S.I. 2002/191

Signed

RICHARD LOCHHEAD — A member of the Scottish Executive — 2007-06-14

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1984 c. 40. See section 10(8) for the definition of appropriate Ministers. The functions, in so far as exercisable within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46). The requirement to obtain the consent of the Treasury was removed by section 55 of that Act.

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), Schedule 8, paragraph 15(3). The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51).

[^f00003]: S.S.I. 2007/174.

[^f00004]: O.J. No. L 204, 11.8.2000, p.1.

[^f00005]: O.J. No. L 117, 7.5.1997, p.1.

[^f00006]: O.J. No. L 194, 22.7.1988, p.10.

[^f00007]: O.J. No. P 121, 29.7.1964, p.1977.

[^f00008]: 1966 c. 36.

[^f00009]: 2000 c. 7.

[^f00010]: 1981 c. 22. Section 17(4) was repealed by the Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984, section 16(2) and Schedule 2.

[^f00011]: 1986 c. 14.

[^f00012]: S.I. 1983/6, amended by S.I. 1988/1090 and 1990/2271.

[^f00013]: S.S.I. 2005/653.

[^f00015]: S.I. 1985/1857(S.138), amended by S.I. 1987/904, 1992/1192(S.114), 1995/2556(S.185), S.S.I. 2001/179 and S.S.I. 2002/191.

[^f00016]: S.I. 1987/390, amended by S.I. 1992/2592.

[^f00017]: Available at http://www.oie.int/eng/normes/mcode/en_chapitre_2.3.5.htm.

[^f00018]: O.J. No. L 302, 19.10.1989, p.1.

[^f00019]: S.I. 1995/2478, amended by S.I. 1996/3124.

[^f00020]: S.I. 1995/2478, amended by S.I. 1996/3124.

The licensed quarantine centre must–

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

• (b) be constructed so that the bovine animal housing can be readily cleaned and disinfected; and

• (c) be constructed or isolated so that contact with livestock outside is prevented.

The licensed collection or domestic collection centre must–

• (a) have–

• (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.

The licensed storage or domestic storage centre must–

• (a) be constructed or isolated so that contact with livestock outside is prevented; and

• (b) have a semen storage room that can be readily cleaned and disinfected.

The bovine animals have–

• (a) completed 28 days' quarantine in–

• (i) an EC quarantine centre; or

• (ii) a quarantine centre approved in accordance with paragraph 1(a) of Chapter 1 of Annex B to the Directive by the competent authority of another member State or part of the United Kingdom,

where only other cloven hoofed animals having at least the same health status were present; or

• (b) undergone the tests referred to in Part 2 of Schedule 3 during the previous 12 months and have been kept in–

• (i) another EC collection centre; or

• (ii) a semen collection centre authorised under the Directive in accordance with paragraph 5 of Chapter 1 of Annex B to the Directive, in the case of movement of a bovine animal kept in a semen collection centre authorised under the Directive in another member State or part of the United Kingdom.

Editorial notes

[^c18760161]: 1984 c. 40. See section 10(8) for the definition of appropriate Ministers. The functions, in so far as exercisable within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46). The requirement to obtain the consent of the Treasury was removed by section 55 of that Act.

[^c18760171]: 1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), Schedule 8, paragraph 15(3). The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51).

[^c18760181]: S.S.I. 2007/174.

[^c18760191]: O.J. No. L 204, 11.8.2000, p.1.

[^c18760201]: O.J. No. L 117, 7.5.1997, p.1.

[^c18760211]: O.J. No. L 194, 22.7.1988, p.10.

[^c18760221]: O.J. No. P 121, 29.7.1964, p.1977.

[^c18760231]: 1966 c. 36.

[^c18760241]: 2000 c. 7.

[^c18760251]: 1981 c. 22. Section 17(4) was repealed by the Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984, section 16(2) and Schedule 2.

[^c18760261]: 1986 c. 14.

[^c18760271]: S.I. 1983/6, amended by S.I. 1988/1090 and 1990/2271.

[^c18760281]: S.S.I. 2005/653.

[^c18760301]: S.I. 1985/1857(S.138), amended by S.I. 1987/904, 1992/1192(S.114), 1995/2556(S.185), S.S.I. 2001/179 and S.S.I. 2002/191.

[^c18760311]: S.I. 1987/390, amended by S.I. 1992/2592.

[^c18760321]: Available at http://www.oie.int/eng/normes/mcode/en_chapitre_2.3.5.htm.

[^c18760331]: O.J. No. L 302, 19.10.1989, p.1.

[^c18760341]: S.I. 1995/2478, amended by S.I. 1996/3124.

[^c18760351]: S.I. 1995/2478, amended by S.I. 1996/3124.

[^key-0d2689b8b3d39114c4bb07f7b0a662c0]: Reg. 41 revoked (24.6.2013) by The Animal Health (Miscellaneous Fees and Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/151), reg. 1(2), sch. 7

[^key-5444b4bc05cc4e9abc6e90f57f381aec]: Reg. 42 revoked (24.6.2013) by The Animal Health (Miscellaneous Fees and Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/151), reg. 1(2), sch. 7

[^key-39fc808de228b45a44adfbd79c6af096]: Words in Regulations substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-c0980ff3df9ceb59d43c7fbedc8a3b1c]: Word in Regulations substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-c06864fff921aeb31df3d8c8801be0d1]: Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-9038de38324444fbe2d71abcea0bf25f]: Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(3)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-87b981f2629dd6dfbc586ccc7c165ab3]: Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(3)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-df605eeea41d8f40fbbecb65d8cf805b]: Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(3)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-8504c01b4cfa06ebf53219efad257c69]: Words in reg. 3(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(4)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-5c20af8d62206177c08b5d7e0e6989db]: Reg. 3(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(4)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-e57f7881a900dfad7d33c89bbe08140d]: Words in reg. 4(b)(i) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(5)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-9643ccf3c3de8310c30eb08b6e58a8ea]: Words in reg. 4(b)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(5)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-e9985192c1e15bbeda4ec1fa7d1adea2]: Words in reg. 4(c)(i) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(5)(c)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-332587e798d60e64fe27cc647a7df4b0]: Words in reg. 4(c)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(5)(c)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-346698406722d91d52133a5da40c0fbc]: Words in reg. 4(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(5)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-20b23dc4fe568fa42436ff1352009bfc]: Words in reg. 4(b)(i) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(5)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-68b9957b1849ee81d7cfeb9bb0e640fb]: Words in reg. 4(c)(i) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(5)(c)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-b5b889ff88c3f81436d949f2fd4d5d98]: Reg. 22(8) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(6)(b) (as amended by S.S.I. 2020/380, regs. 1(2), 3(3)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-bb8398d7b7404f3b53cb73a1e76b620a]: Words in reg. 22(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(6)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-0d3f65861f9b3f7710366dbd804feac0]: Reg. 23(3) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(7)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-cc0023794daa5b16175d25509902f9cc]: Word in reg. 23(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(7)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-2fe2228ad54771c5c57ec69658ac278b]: Words in reg. 23(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(7)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-fea750fad34f38091289be9db958a4e3]: Words in reg. 29(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(8); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-feece1f1c2e5c59a827c23ff4e99625a]: Reg. 30 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(9)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-e25586d52c1437f5819896eb7f61a83c]: Words in reg. 30(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(9)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-c32dad3886293264fce13c2f189eb0d0]: Words in reg. 30(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(9)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-fd12d7217a1732a7b5e79044ae702eb8]: Reg. 30(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(9)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-d90f0494374aee59a58d4946839fceed]: Word in reg. 38(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(10); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-daca1735eeab54b03a46fa071c675044]: Sch. 2 para. 1(3)(4) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(11)(a)(ii) (as amended by S.S.I. 2020/380, regs. 1(2), 3(3)(b)(i)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-d5613b02530a31bacc3f678ce6c9f9a8]: Words in sch. 2 para. 1(1)(a) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(11)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-2f22e2dfcc0153771a3ba40e0d1646fd]: Sch. 2 para. 2(5)-(7) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(11)(b) (as amended by S.S.I. 2020/380, regs. 1(2), 3(3)(b)(ii)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-9feda69820c328800c3b036af4ea6e7e]: Sch. 2 para. 3(3) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(11)(c) (as amended by S.S.I. 2020/380, regs. 1(2), 3(3)(b)(iii)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-2e7fbfabeee14ce8726771fba63b1300]: Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 1(3)(4) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(12)(a)(ii) (as amended by S.S.I. 2020/380, regs. 1(2), 3(3)(c)(i)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-74b9949c1d54236ac4b2df397266e20a]: Words in sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 1(1)(a) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(12)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-30f2e4ac74127b1c6ccda631b0893cb9]: Sch. 3 Pt. 2 para. 1(7)-(9) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(12)(b)(i) (as amended by S.S.I. 2020/380, regs. 1(2), 3(3)(c)(ii)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-68368b14d8672ffb5e4457950d882151]: Words in sch. 3 Pt. 2 para. 2(1)(b)(i) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(12)(b)(ii)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-ad18bf5de16a283e7683a55e432fa016]: Words in sch. 3 Pt. 2 para. 2(1)(c)(i)(bb) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(12)(b)(ii)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-26ad88f054d8fa98c25b714b9fc22648]: Words in sch. 3 Pt. 2 para. 2(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(12)(b)(ii)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-15b9d1e5e7db5286816af9df9a101c0c]: Words in sch. 3 Pt. 2 para. 2(2)(b)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(12)(b)(ii)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-a3804b40bd8ab4b388c971a4ef3e2e3b]: Words in sch. 3 Pt. 2 para. 2(1)(c)(i) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(12)(b)(ii)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-5658f544024b3a70bd39994acfd1b3d7]: Words in sch. 3 Pt. 2 para. 2(2)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(12)(b)(ii)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-0a1493ca09da19e6259269068a358a22]: Words in sch. 3 Pt. 2 para. 4 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(12)(b)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-3137e656e77780001731fae57ee9665b]: Words in sch. 3 Pt. 3 para. 1(a)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(12)(c)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-756aa011f45eccd4d89623cede817507]: Words in sch. 3 Pt. 3 para. 1(b)(i) substituted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(12)(c)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-20ec69c67ef5200e60c671ae58f558c1]: Words in sch. 3 Pt. 3 para. 1(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(12)(c)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-76fec3422e90dc75b22ac22d2b6c02d8]: Sch. 3 Pt. 4 para. 4 renumbered as para. 4(1) (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(12)(d)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-f13419050b5ebfa7146d4dee6d1de192]: Words in sch. 3 Pt. 4 para. 4(1)(a) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(12)(d)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-92f46224e2f54fe9926397c1a4ae2d11]: Sch. 3 Pt. 4 para. 4(2)(3) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(12)(d)(iii) (as amended by S.S.I. 2020/380, regs. 1(2), 3(3)(c)(iii)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-07daa0c49a92298a2caef396532782bc]: Words in sch. 4 para. 1(b) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 22(13); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)