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”.