Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations impose controls on the advertisement in Great Britain of semen from bulls of dairy breeds. A person may not cause such an advertisement to be issued unless it includes specified information (regulation 3 and Schedule 1).
Failure to comply with the Regulations is an offence under section 10(6) of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984, punishable on summary conviction by imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or by a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale (currently £400), or both.
The Regulations revoke the Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Livestock Quality) (England and Wales) Regulations 1985 and the Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Livestock Quality) (Scotland) Regulations 1985 (regulation 8). Those Regulations provided for the issue of supplementary approvals by Ministers for bulls for use in artificial insemination that was not restricted to the herds of the owner or co-owners of the bull. Those Regulations also required certain information to be given when advertising or distributing semen from a supplementarily approved bull of a dairy breed.
These Regulations also make consequential amendments to the Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (England and Wales) Regulations 1985 (regulation 6 and Schedule 2) and the Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (Scotland) Regulations 1985 (regulation 7 and Schedule 3).