Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

ARTIFICIAL BREEDING (CATTLE) REGULATIONS 1978

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART I -- Preliminary  

   1.      Citation  
   3.      Terms used in these regulations  
   3A.     Prescribed stock  
   4.      Forms  
   5.      Fees  
   6.      Condition for issue of licences  

   PART II -- Licensed premises  

           Division 1 -- Premises licensed for the collection and processing of semen for general sale or use  

   7.      Licensed premises  
   8.      Movement of stock into and out of licensed premises  
   9.      Movement of horses on premises  
   10.     Entry of bulls on premises  
   11.     Tests for bulls in quarantine area  
   12.     Semen not to be collected from bulls in quarantine  
   13.     Entry of steers on premises  
   14.     Tests of steers in quarantine  
   15.     Entry of cows and heifers on premises  
   16.     Tests for cows and heifers in quarantine  
   17.     Testing of stock after release from quarantine area  
   18.     Records to be kept by licensee  
   19.     Annual report  
   20.     Collection of semen  
   21.     Licensed premises to be properly equipped and maintained  
   22.     Samples from test bulls not to be introduced into laboratory  
   23.     Terminal for inseminators to be outside of premises  
   24.     Semen not produced on premises not to be processed thereon  
   25.     Vessels to be clearly identified  
   26.     Semen to be appraised after collection  
   27.     Storage of semen intended for sale  
   28.     Sale of frozen semen  
   29.     Containers for packing semen to be identified  
   30.     Licensee to keep records of collected semen  
   31.     Certificate to be attached to despatched semen  

           Division 2 -- Premises licensed for the storage and sale of semen  

   32.     Licensed premises  
   33.     Licensee to keep records  
   34.     Licensee to issue certificate  
   35.     Records  

           Division 3 -- Premises licensed for the transplanting of ova and processes of production, handling, fertilization, implantation and storage of ova for general sale or use  

   36.     Facilities for premises  
   37.     Use of equipment  
   38.     Introduction of semen onto premises  
   39.     Entry of bulls onto premises  
   40.     Admission of horses onto premises  
   41.     Entry of cows, heifers and steers onto premises  
   42.     Chief Veterinary Surgeon may require animals to be tested and treated  
   43.     Tests for animals leaving premises  
   44.     Records  

   PART III -- Certificates of competency  

   45.     Application for certificate of competency  
   46.     Authorised inseminators  
   47.     Herdsman-inseminators  
   48.     Custom collectors  

   PART IV -- Inseminators  

   49.     Records  
   50.     Records of conception rate  
   51.     Use of semen  
   52.     Equipment in transport of semen  
   53.     Prevention of transmission of disease  

   PART V -- Custom collection of semen  

   54.     Processing of semen  
   55.     Identification of semen  
   56.     Certification of doses  
   57.     Storage of semen in licensed premises  
   58.     Chief Veterinary Surgeon to be notified of collection  

   PART VI -- Importation of semen from other States or parts of the Commonwealth  

   59.     Prohibition on importation of bovine semen  
   60.     Importation of semen from licensed premises  
   61.     Additional containers  
   62.     Importation of semen from unlicensed premises  

   PART VII -- Miscellaneous  

   63.     Semen not to be mixed  
   64.     Records to be kept for 3 years  
   65.     Penalty  
           First Schedule -- Forms  
           SECOND SCHEDULE
           Compilation table
           
[Reprinted under the Reprints Act 1984 as at 18 July 2008 Artificial Breeding (Cattle) Regulations 1978]