SCHEDULE 7SDuties of operators of unlicensed premises

2.—(1) The operator of unlicensed premises must make a record of a bovine animal to be admitted that–S

(a)did not belong to a herd officially free of enzootic bovine leukosis in accordance with [F1sections 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 [F2—

(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.]

[F3(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.]

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