The Bovine Semen (Scotland) Regulations 2007

Regulation 4

SCHEDULE 1 S Construction and design of centres

PART 1 S [F1 Licensed] quarantine centre

Textual Amendments

F1 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)

The [F1 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.

PART 2 S [F1 Licensed] collection centre or domestic collection centre

The [F1 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.

PART 3 S [F1 Licensed] storage centre or domestic storage centre

The [F1 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.