Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 380

AGRICULTURE, ENGLAND
LIVESTOCK INDUSTRIES
The Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2001

Made
13th February 2001

Laid before Parliament
19th February 2001

Coming into force
14th March 2001

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 10(1) and (2)(a) of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984(1) makes the following Regulations—

Title, commencement and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 14th March 2001.

(2) These Regulations shall apply to England only.

Amendments to the Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (England and Wales) Regulations 1985

2.—(1) The Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (England and Wales) Regulations 1985(2) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a)in paragraph (1), for the definition of “the Minister”, there shall be substituted the following definition—

““the Minister” means—

(a)
in the case of any function exercised in relation to England on or before 13th March 2001, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, acting jointly;

(b)
in the case of any function exercised in relation to England on or after 14th March 2001, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

(c)
in the case of any function exercised in relation to Wales on or before 30th June 1999, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, acting jointly;

(d)
in the case of any function exercised in relation to Wales on or after 1st July 1999, the National Assembly for Wales;”; and

(b)in paragraph (2), after the words “so numbered in these regulations”, there shall be inserted the words “, as they apply in relation to England or as they apply in relation to Wales”.

(3) In regulation 13 (processing of semen)—

(a)for paragraph (1), there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(1) No person shall accept semen for processing unless—

(a)it is submitted to him by a qualified person at the processing centre where the semen was collected;

(b)it is delivered or consigned to him by a qualified person at a processing centre other than the processing centre where the semen was collected; or

(c)the semen was collected in Scotland and it is delivered or consigned to him at a processing centre by a person who is a qualified person in accordance with the Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (Scotland) Regulations 1985(3).”; and

(b)in paragraph (2), after the words “regulation 9”, there shall be inserted the words “or, if the semen was collected in Scotland, in accordance with the provisions of regulation 9 of the Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (Scotland) Regulations 1985”.

Hayman
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
13th February 2001

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, which apply in relation to England only, further amend the Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (England and Wales) Regulations 1985 (“the 1985 Regulations”).
Regulation 2(2) amends the definition of “the Minister” in the 1985 Regulations to allow the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, acting on his own, to perform functions in relation to England that are currently performed jointly with the Secretary of State (in practice, the Secretary of State for Wales) and also so as to reflect the transfer of functions exerciseable in relation to Wales to the National Assembly for Wales that was made by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).
Regulation 2(3) amends regulation 13 of the 1985 Regulations to permit the processing in England of bovine semen collected in Scotland in accordance with the Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (Scotland) Regulations 1985 (which, in Scotland, correspond to the 1985 Regulations).
A Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been prepared in respect of these Regulations.


(1)
1984 c. 40; see section 10(8) for the definition of “appropriate Minister”.

(2)
S.I. 1985/1861, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(3)
S.I. 1985/1857, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.