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The Welfare of Animals (Permitted Procedures by Lay Persons) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

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Version Superseded: 01/01/2013

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Point in time view as at 02/04/2012.

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Regulations 2 and 3(a)

SCHEDULE 3N.I.SHEEP

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PART IN.I.Part I of this Schedule specifies permitted procedures which may be performed by a lay person in relation to sheep

Identification proceduresN.I.

1.—(1) Ear notching;

(2) Ear tagging;

(3) Microchipping;

(4) Tattooing;

(5) Other methods of identification involving a prohibited procedure required by law and not restricted to being undertaken by a veterinary surgeon.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 3 para. 1 in operation at 2.4.2012, see reg. 1

Procedures for the control of reproductionN.I.

2.—(1) Artificial insemination;

(2) Castration;

(3) Implantation of a subcutaneous contraceptive;

(4) Implantation of a subcutaneous hormone.

Commencement Information

I2Sch. 3 para. 2 in operation at 2.4.2012, see reg. 1

Other management proceduresN.I.

3.—(1) Disbudding;

(2) Tail docking.

Commencement Information

I3Sch. 3 para. 3 in operation at 2.4.2012, see reg. 1

PART IIN.I.Part II specifies any additional conditions for a procedure

CastrationN.I.

4.—(1) When the method used is the application of a rubber ring or other device to constrict the flow of blood to the scrotum, the procedure shall only be carried out on an animal aged not more than 7 days.

(2) When any other method is used it shall only be used up to the age of 3 months.

Commencement Information

I4Sch. 3 para. 4 in operation at 2.4.2012, see reg. 1

Implantation of a subcutaneous contraceptiveN.I.

5.—(1) The procedure may not be carried out on a farmed animal.

(2) The procedure shall only be carried out as part of a conservation breeding programme.

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I5Sch. 3 para. 5 in operation at 2.4.2012, see reg. 1

Implantation of a subcutaneous hormoneN.I.

6.  This would apply to subcutaneous hormone (or other pharmaceutical product) for modulating seasonal reproductive activity in adult females.

Commencement Information

I6Sch. 3 para. 6 in operation at 2.4.2012, see reg. 1

Tail dockingN.I.

7.—(1) In all cases, enough of the tail shall be retained to cover the vulva of a female animal or the anus of a male animal.

(2) When the method used is the application of a rubber ring or other device to constrict the flow of blood to the tail, the procedure shall only be carried out on an animal aged not more than 7 days, or by any other means such as a hot docking iron, before the age of three months.

Commencement Information

I7Sch. 3 para. 7 in operation at 2.4.2012, see reg. 1

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