16.—(1) These regulations shall not apply to anything done by a permitted person in the course of or for the purpose of the artificial insemination of a cow with raw or partially processed semen which has been collected by such person where, at the time of such insemination, the cow is—
(a)owned by the same person and kept in the same herd as the bull from which the semen is collected; and
(b)kept on land occupied by the owner of the bull.
(2) In paragraph (1) “permitted person” means—
(a)the owner of the bull from which semen is collected;
(b)a person who is—
(i)a regular full-time employee of the owner of the bull; or
(ii)a member of the immediate family of the owner of the bull and normally resident with him;
(c)a veterinary surgeon; or
(d)a person who is licensed to practice ova transplantation in cattle under the Transplantation of Ova (Animals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1978(1).
(3) These regulations shall not apply to anything done by any person for the purposes of education or research in an educational or research establishment provided that semen is not used at any time in the artificial insemination of a cow.
17.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2)—
(a)any semen storage licence issued by the Department under regulation 7 of the 1976 Regulations shall be deemed to be a valid semen shop licence for the purposes of these regulations;
(b)any licence to practice artificial insemination issued by the Department under regulation 4 of the 1976 Regulations (“a DIY licence”) shall be deemed to be a valid farm inseminator licence for the purposes of these regulations;
(c)where the holder of a DIY licence was the owner of a herd specified thereon and immediately before the coming into operation of these regulations stored processed semen on his farm in accordance with the conditions of that licence, that licence shall also be deemed to be a farm storage licence for the purposes of these regulations.
(2) Any licence held by virtue of paragraph (1) shall be revoked as follows—
(a)in the case of a semen shop licence, on 31st March 1989; and
(b)in the case of a farm inseminator licence and a farm storage licence, on 31st December 1988.
18. The Artificial Insemination (Cattle) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1976 and the Artificial Insemination (Cattle) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981(2) are hereby revoked.