SCHEDULE 4Measures applicable in respect of protection and surveillance zones

PART 2 Measures applicable only in respect of a protection zone

Breeding in a protection zone16

1

No person is permitted to carry out breeding of susceptible animals by means of itinerant service in a protection zone.

2

No person is permitted to carry out artificial insemination of animals or collect any embryo or ovum in a protection zone except in compliance with sub-paragraph (3) or (4).

3

Artificial insemination of a susceptible animal complies with this sub-paragraph if it satisfies the following requirements—

a

it is carried out by the occupier of the premises where the animal is kept (or any employee of that occupier);

b

the semen used has not left the premises since the protection zone was declared, or was delivered to the occupier or his or her employee at a place outside the premises from a semen collection centre;

c

it is carried out using equipment which has been on the premises since the protection zone was declared.

4

Artificial insemination of a non-susceptible animal or the collection of embryos, or ova from such an animal complies with this sub-paragraph if—

a

it is carried out by the occupier of the premises where the animal is kept (or any employee of that occupier), and

b

either no susceptible animals are kept on the premises or (in the case of artificial insemination only) it is carried out under the authority of a licence granted by the National Assembly.