SCHEDULE 1Construction and design of centres

PART 2EC collection centre or domestic collection centre

The EC 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.