| (a) |
prescribing any certificate or other document or form to be issued or used for the purposes of this Act; |
| (b) |
prescribing the period of validity and conditions of a certificate or authorisation issued under this Act; |
| (c) |
prescribing the fees payable in respect of any application, examination, matter or document; |
| (e) |
prescribing the manner in which the technical operations at a centre relating to the care and the state of health of animals being kept there and to the collection, evaluation, packing, labelling, storage and sale of semen, embryos or ova shall be regulated, the supervision of such operations, the periodical inspection of animals kept at a centre and the equipment to be used at a centre; |
| (f) |
prescribing the manner in which a donor animal which has been approved for the purpose of collecting of genetic material and the genetic material collected from it, shall be identified; |
| (g) |
prescribing the properties of a warranty to be given in connection with the sale of genetic material; |
| (h) |
with regard to any matter which in terms of this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed by regulation, |
and, in general, with regard to any matter which the Minister may consider necessary or expedient to prescribe or regulate in order to attain or further the objects of this Act, and the generality of this provision shall not be limited by the preceding paragraphs of this subsection.
| (2) |
Different regulations may be made in terms of this section in respect of different animals or in respect of different classes of semen collectors, inseminators, embryo collectors, embryo transferors, import agents, centres, animal breeders’ societies or registering authorities. |
| (3) |
A regulation may prescribe penalties of a fine or imprisonment not exceeding six months for any contravention or a failure to comply with its provisions. |
| (4) |
No regulations prescribing any fees shall be made except with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance. |
Statistics Act, 1999
