Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

ARTIFICIAL BREEDING (SHEEP) REGULATIONS 1983 - REG 7

7 .         Semen not from licensed premises

                Semen not certified as being introduced directly from a property or premises licensed under legislation controlling artificial breeding in the State or Territory of origin may be used — 

            (a)         only on sheep in Western Australia owned by the person to whom the semen is consigned, unless otherwise approved by the Chief Veterinary Officer; and

            (b)         in the case of semen from British breed or Poll Dorset rams when the semen is accompanied by a certificate from the District Veterinary Officer for the district of the State or Territory from which the semen is being directly introduced that each donor ram was either — 

                  (i)         derived from an accredited brucellosis free flock; or

                  (ii)         isolated for 30 days and subject to the complement fixation test for Brucella ovis with negative results prior to the collection and processing of the semen in the consignment.

        [Regulation 7 inserted in Gazette 12 August 1983 pp.2955‑6.]