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The Artificial Insemination of Pigs (England and Wales) Regulations 1964
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Regulation of artificial insemination centres
5.—(1) The following provisions of this regulation shall apply to every artificial insemination centre.
(2) The collection, processing and storage of permitted semen, and insemination with such semen, by or on behalf of the licensee of the centre, shall be carried out under the effective supervision and control of a veterinary surgeon approved by the Minister for the purpose.
(3) No person, unless approved by the Minister for the purpose, shall be employed by the licensee of the centre in the collection, processing or storage of permitted semen, or to inseminate with such semen.
(4) No part of the centre, unless approved by the Minister for the purpose, shall be used for the collection, processing or storage of permitted semen.
(5) No part of the centre, unless approved by the Minister for the purpose, shall be used for the processing or storage of semen (whether of boars or of other animals) other than permitted semen.
(6) Animals or poultry may not be brought into or kept at the centre without the consent of the Minister, or otherwise than in accordance with the terms of such consent.
(7) Subject to such exceptions as may be specified in the licence, semen other than permitted semen shall not be brought into such parts of the centre as have been approved by the Minister for the purposes of paragraph (4) of this regulation, and shall not be collected, processed or stored by means of, or in, equipment which is used for the collection, processing or storage of permitted semen.
(8) If a boar from which permitted semen has been collected at an artificial insemination centre or a Scottish centre has since died or been slaughtered, or has ceased to be kept at such a centre, that semen shall not knowingly be distributed or sold by the licensee of any artificial insemination centre without the consent of the Minister.
(9) The licensee of the centre shall maintain the premises to which the licence relates and the equipment thereof in good condition and repair.
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