Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Animal Improvement Act, 1998 (Act No. 62 of 1998)7. Requirements for registration or approval |
| (1) | A semen collector, inseminator, embryo collector or embryo transferor may be registered as such if— |
| (a) | he or she has successfully completed the prescribed course of instruction; |
| (b) | a veterinarian who has been designated by the registrar for such purpose has certified in the form determined by the registrar that the semen collector, inseminator, embryo collector or embryo transferor, as the case may be, has, in his or her opinion, sufficient practical and theoretical knowledge of the manner in which, in the case of a semen collector, semen or, in the case of an embryo collector, embryos or ova may be collected, evaluated, processed, packed or stored in terms of this Act, and in which animals, in the case of a semen collector, inseminator or embryo collector, may be so artificially inseminated or, in the case of an embryo collector or embryo transferor, be implanted with an ovum or embryo; and |
| (c) | he or she complies with such other requirements as may be prescribed. |
| (2) | An import agent may be registered as such if he or she undertakes in writing to the registrar to make use of a customs clearing facility and laboratory conforming to the prescribed requirements for all genetic material imported by him or her on behalf of another person. |
| (3) | Premises where genetic material is collected, evaluated, processed, packed, labelled, stored and sold, may be registered as a centre if— |
| (a) | the prescribed facilities are available at such premises for such purpose; |
| (b) | the technical operations at such premises, with reference to the care of animals being kept there, and the collection, evaluation, processing, packing, labelling and storage of genetic material, are controlled and managed by a person who complies with the prescribed requirements; and |
| (c) | such premises comply with such other requirements as may be prescribed. |
| (4) | An animal may be approved as a donor of genetic material if— |
| (a) | a veterinarian has certified in the form determined by the registrar that such animal is acceptable in respect of— |
| (i) | general state of health; |
| (ii) | absence of disease; |
| (iii) | quality of its semen, and |
| (iv) | such other attributes as may be prescribed; |
| (b) | such animal complies with such other prescribed requirements. |
