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.