Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 824

The Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002

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(a) after the definition of "embryo transfer unit", there shall be inserted the following definition - 

" "emergency licence" means an emergency licence issued under the Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Emergency Licences) (England) Regulations 2001[3] or the Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Emergency Licences) (Wales) Regulations 2001[4];";

(b) after the definition of "semen shop licence", there shall be inserted the following definition - 

" "special acceptance licence" means a licence issued under regulation 7(1)(j);"; and

(c) after the definition of "special movement licence", there shall be inserted the following definition - 

" "special transfer licence" means a licence issued under regulation 7(1)(i);".

    (3) In regulation 4 (application of regulations), for paragraph (3A), there shall be substituted the following paragraph - 

    " (3A) These regulations shall not apply to anything done in accordance with the conditions of an emergency licence.".

    (4) In regulation 7 (licences) - 

(a) in paragraph (1) - 


(i) at the end of sub-paragraph (g), for the full stop, a semi-colon shall be substituted;

(ii) at the end of sub-paragraph (h), for the full stop, a semi-colon shall be substituted; and

(iii) after sub-paragraph (h), there shall be added the following sub-paragraphs - 


" (i) a special transfer licence; and

(j) a special acceptance licence.".



(b) after paragraph (9A), there shall be added the following paragraphs - 

    " (9B) A special transfer licence shall authorise the licensee to move or cause or permit to be moved semen collected and processed in accordance with an emergency licence from a farm storage unit specified in the special transfer licence to a supply centre so specified.

    (9C) A special acceptance licence shall authorise the licensee to accept semen - 


(a) at a supply centre specified in that licence; and

(b) in accordance with the provisions of regulation 21(d).".

    (5) In regulation 21 (acceptance of semen for supply) - 

(a) at the end of paragraph (a), the word "or" shall be deleted;

(b) at the end of paragraph (b), the word "or" shall be deleted;

(c) at the end of paragraph (c) - 


(i) for the full stop, a semi-colon shall be substituted, and

(ii) there shall be added the word "or"; and



(d) after paragraph (c), there shall be added the following paragraph - 



" (d) the semen - 


(i) was collected and processed in accordance with the conditions of an emergency licence from a bull that has been approved in accordance with regulation 5 (whether the bull was approved at the time of collection or subsequently),

(ii) has subsequently been stored in accordance with the conditions of an emergency licence or a farm storage licence,

(iii) has been moved in accordance with the conditions of a special transfer licence, and

(iv) is accepted in accordance with the conditions of a special acceptance licence.".

    (6) In regulation 24 (general prohibition on use of semen) - 

(a) for paragraph (a), there shall be substituted the following paragraph - 


" (a) that semen - 


(i) has been obtained from a supply centre or a semen shop from which the semen was moved in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations or in accordance with the conditions of an emergency licence,

(ii) has been obtained from a processing centre from which the semen was moved in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations or in accordance with the conditions of either a special movement licence or an emergency licence, or

(iii) was collected and processed in accordance with the conditions of an emergency licence, and";



(b) in paragraph (b)(iv), after the words "Agricultural Training Board", there shall be inserted the words "or the Secretary of State".

Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

26th March 2002

[2] S.I. 1985/1861: relevant amendments in relation to England are S.I. 1992/671, S.I. 1995/2549, S.I. 1996/3124, S.I. 2001/380 and S.I. 2001/1513.back

[3] S.I. 2001/1513.back

[4] S.I. 2001/1539.back