The Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Advertising Controls etc.) (Great Britain) Regulations 1987

Regulation 3

SCHEDULE 1 ADVERTISEMENT OF SEMEN FROM BULLS OF DAIRY BREEDS

1.—(a) The date of publication of, and the following details from, the latest Improved Contemporary Comparison relating to the bull from which the semen was taken, with the appropriate weighting for each Improved Contemporary Comparison, placing the symbol “—” or the word “minus” immediately before negative figures —

(i) number of daughter records in the milk yield Improved Contemporary Comparison,

(ii) number of herds in which the daughters to which those records relate were milked,

(iii) percentage of those daughters in the herd with the largest number of those daughters,

(iv) where the percentage of daughters in the herd with the second largest number of those daughters was more than 10%, that percentage,

(v) kilograms of milk,

(vi) kilograms of butter-fat and butter-fat percentage,

(vii) kilograms of protein and protein percentage.

(b) The number of daughters of the bull from which the semen was taken which have been classified by a breed society or licensed artificial insemination organisation or centre, the associated weighting, classification summary of the ratings of the daughters in respect of the legs, feet and the components of the mammary system, the date on which these summary ratings were last determined and the name of the breed society or licensed artificial insemination organisation or centre from which this information was obtained.

2.—(a) The name of the sire of the bull from which the semen was taken and the details of the latest Improved Contemporary Comparison relating to that sire as set out in paragraph 1(a) above, together with their date of publication.

(b) The number of daughters of the sire of the bull from which the semen was taken which have been classified by a breed society or licensed artificial insemination organisation or centre, classification summary of the ratings of the daughters in respect of the legs, feet and the components of the mammary system, the date on which these summary ratings were last determined and the name of the breed society or licensed artificial insemination organisation or centre from which this information was obtained.

(c) The name of the dam of the bull from which the semen was taken, her breed society type classification, including the source of such classification, and details of the first four authenticated 305 day lactations, including calving dates, and either the current breeding index or the production indices, stating the herd base to which the cow has been compared.

3.  The number of records of the dam, full sisters and half sisters on which the evaluation of the bull is based.

Regulation 6

SCHEDULE 2 AMENDMENTS TO THE ANIMAL HEALTH (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS

1.  In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) the definitions of “extended use” and “supplementarily approved bull” shall be omitted.

2.  In regulation 5 (bulls for use in artificial insemination) —

(a) in paragraph (1) the words “subject to paragraph (13) below” shall be omitted; and

(b) paragraph (13) shall be omitted.

Regulation 7

SCHEDULE 3 AMENDMENTS TO THE ANIMAL HEALTH (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS

1.  In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) the definitions of “extended use” and “supplementarily approved bull” shall be omitted.

2.  In regulation 5 (bulls for use in artificial insemination) —

(a) in paragraph (1) the words “subject to paragraph (13) below” shall be omitted; and

(b) paragraph (13) shall be omitted.