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Artificial Insemination of Livestock Act
Loi sur l’insémination artificielle du bétail

REGULATION 28

Amended to S.O., 2006, c. 19, Sched. A, s. 41

GENERAL

Note: This Regulation became spent some time before January 1, 2004.

Note: This Regulation was revoked on June 22, 2006. See: S.O., 2006, c. 19, Sched. A, s. 41.

This Regulation is made in English only.

1. In this Regulation,

“certificate of registration” means a certificate issued under the Animal Pedigree Act (Canada). R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 1.

2. Persons engaged in the artificial insemination of goats, horses, sheep or swine are exempt from the provisions of the Act and this Regulation with respect to the goats, horses, sheep and swine. O. Reg. 288/96, s. 1.

2.1 The following annual licence fees are prescribed:

1. The fee for a licence to engage in a semen-producing business is $1.

2. The fee for a licence to engage in an insemination business is $1.

3. The fee for a licence to act as an inseminator is $1.

4. The fee for a licence to act as a semen-processing supervisor is $1. O. Reg. 457/95, s. 1.

PART I

3. This Part applies only to the artificial insemination of cattle. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 3.

4. (1) The owner of a herd of cattle, or a full-time employee, who is engaged in the breeding of cows in the herd by artificial insemination is, in respect of the artificial insemination so performed, exempt from the provisions of the Act and this Regulation. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 4 (1).

(2) Where semen produced outside Ontario is stored in the premises of a Class A semen-producing business and is transferred and delivered through the facilities of that Class A semen-producing business, a person selling or offering such semen for sale is exempt from subsection 16 (2) of the Act. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 4 (2).

5. Revoked: O. Reg. 457/95, s. 2.

6. (1) The fee for a licence must accompany the application for the licence. O. Reg. 457/95, s. 2.

(2) A licence expires on December 31 of the year of issue. O. Reg. 457/95, s. 2.

(3) A licence is not transferable. O. Reg. 457/95, s. 2.

7. (1) Subject to subsection (3), the Commissioner shall not issue a licence to act as an inseminator unless the person to whom the licence would issue has successfully completed an examination approved by the Commissioner in the theory and practice of artificial insemination. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 7 (1); O. Reg. 457/95, s. 3 (1).

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the Commissioner shall not issue a licence to act as a semen-processing supervisor unless the applicant therefor has successfully completed an examination approved by the Commissioner in the theory and practice of semen collecting, processing and storage. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 7 (2); O. Reg. 457/95, s. 3 (2).

(3) Despite subsections (1) and (2), the Commissioner may issue a licence to a person who has not successfully completed an examination under subsection (1) or (2) but he or she may cancel the licence unless the examination is successfully completed within one year after a licence was first issued under this subsection. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 7 (3).

8. The following grounds are prescribed for the refusal to renew, suspension or cancellation of a licence in addition to those grounds referred to in clauses 10 (1) (a) and (b) of the Act:

1. With respect to a Class “B” semen-producing business, the shipment of semen to any place other than a Class “A” semen-producing business.

2. With respect to a Class “A” semen-producing or a Class “B” semen-producing business, the sale or offering for sale in Ontario of semen from a bull that is affected with or has been exposed to an infectious or contagious disease capable of being transmitted in semen or the sale or offering for sale in Ontario of semen that is affected by any condition that would render it harmful or ineffective for inseminating cattle. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 8.

9. (1) Every Class “A” semen-producing business shall have a building or buildings adequate for the stabling of bulls, the collecting of semen and the maintaining of records. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 9 (1).

(2) Every Class “B” semen-producing business shall have a building or buildings adequate for the stabling of bulls and the maintaining of records and, unless all semen is collected, evaluated and processed at the facilities of a Class “A” semen-producing business, adequate for the collecting of semen. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 9 (2).

10. (1) Every Class “A” semen-producing business shall have a laboratory with adequate facilities for,

(a) sterilization of equipment;

(b) evaluation of semen;

(c) shipping of semen; and

(d) frozen storage of semen. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 10 (1).

(2) Every Class “B” semen-producing business shall, unless all semen is collected, evaluated, processed and stored at the facilities of a Class “A” semen-producing business, have a laboratory with adequate facilities for,

(a) sterilization of equipment;

(b) evaluation of semen;

(c) shipping of semen; and

(d) frozen storage of semen. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 10 (2).

11. Every inseminating business shall have facilities with adequate refrigeration for the storage of semen. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 11.

12. Every operator of a semen-producing business or an inseminating business shall prominently display in his or her place of business, in respect of each bull maintained at the business from which semen is offered for sale,

(a) a copy of the certificate of registration for a registered bull that is maintained by the business;

(b) a statement of the identification of the sire and dam and the identification and date of birth of an unregistered bull that is maintained by the business;

(c) a full statement concerning the performance record of each beef bull that is maintained by the business from which semen is offered for sale through the business; and

(d) a full statement of the current information pertaining to the performance and type of the progeny of each bull maintained by the business from which semen is offered for sale, through the business,

and shall have readily available information equivalent to that mentioned in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) with respect to bulls that are not maintained by the business and from which semen is offered for sale through the business. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 12.

13. (1) Semen collected by a semen-producing business for the purpose of freezing shall be frozen at a laboratory approved by the Commissioner. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 13 (1).

(2) Semen frozen by a semen-producing business shall bear positive identification including identification of the bull and the date and location of the freezing. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 13 (2).

14. (1) Subject to subsection (3), no semen-producing business or inseminating business shall collect any semen unless the parentage of the bull that produced the semen has been verified by means of blood types. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 14 (1); O. Reg. 457/95, s. 4.

(2) A blood test of a parent of a bull is not required where the Commissioner is of the opinion that it is impossible or impractical to obtain a blood sample of the parent and waives the blood test in writing. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 14 (2).

(3) Semen may be collected prior to the verification of parentage by blood types where the Commissioner is of the opinion that verification prior to collection is impractical and authorizes the collection in writing but, subject to subsection (2), no semen shall be sold or offered for sale prior to completion of verification of parentage by blood type. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 14 (3).

15. (1) No semen shall be collected for processing and storage from a bull unless the bull has,

(a) undergone examination and inspection by a full-time veterinarian of the Health of Animals Branch of the Department of Agriculture of Canada; and

(b) within thirty days prior to entering the premises of a semen-producing business has passed tests with negative results,

respecting tuberculosis, brucellosis, leptospirosis, leucosis and bluetongue. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 15 (1).

(2) Upon entering the premises of a semen-producing business each bull shall be segregated from all other animals in an isolation section maintained for that purpose for at least thirty days and shall not be released from the isolation section into the premises until, after the expiration of such thirty-day period, it has been retested with negative results respecting tuberculosis, brucellosis and leptospirosis. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 15 (2).

(3) Each bull maintained on the premises of a semen-producing business shall be tested at six month intervals respecting tuberculosis, brucellosis and leptospirosis and shall not continue to be maintained on the premises of the semen-producing business unless it achieves negative results on such tests. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 15 (3).

(4) Each bull maintained on the premises of a semen-producing business shall be tested annually respecting trichomoniasis, leucosis and bluetongue and shall not continue to be maintained on the premises of the semen-producing business unless it achieves negative results on such tests. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 15 (4).

(5) An inspector may enter and inspect the premises of a semen-producing business or an inseminating business at any time, and may conduct such tests as are considered necessary by the Commissioner. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 15 (5).

(6) An inspector may obtain and remove samples of semen from a semen-producing business or an inseminating business and cause the samples to be examined to determine whether or not the semen is affected by a condition that would render it harmful or ineffective for inseminating cattle. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 15 (6).

(7) An inspector may examine books, records and other documents in the premises of a semen-producing business or an inseminating business relating to quality of semen and disposition of semen. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 15 (7).

(8) Any bull affected with or exposed to any infectious or contagious disease shall be segregated from all other bulls. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 15 (8).

(9) The Commissioner may order that semen be destroyed if, in his or her opinion, the bull from which the semen was collected is affected with or has been exposed to an infectious or contagious disease capable of being transmitted in semen. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 15 (9).

(10) The Commissioner may order that semen be destroyed if, in his or her opinion, the semen is affected by any condition that would render it harmful or ineffective for inseminating cattle. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 15 (10).

16. Every person operating a Class “A” semen-producing business or an inseminating business shall make returns to the Commissioner annually, at the end of each fiscal year of the business, consisting of,

(a) an audited financial statement of the operations of the business for the fiscal year then ended;

(b) a record of the number of cattle artificially inseminated to each bull from which semen has been offered for sale by the business regardless of whether or not the bull was owned by the business; and

(c) a record of the number of young sires of each breed that were entered during the year in a young sire proving program approved by the Commissioner. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 16.

17. Every Class “B” semen-producing business shall make returns to the Commissioner annually at the end of each fiscal year of the business consisting of a report of the number of doses of semen sold to residents of Ontario from each bull that is maintained by the business. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 17.

18. Every semen-producing business shall conduct such program for the proving of the breeding value of bulls as the Commissioner approves. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 18.

19. No person who sells, offers for sale or holds in possession for sale semen from a bull for or on behalf of a semen-producing business or an inseminating business shall publish or cause to be published any advertisement or statement respecting the bull that is untrue, deceptive, misleading or likely to mislead. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 19.

20. The Minister may make grants to inseminating businesses in the territorial districts and inseminating businesses in the County of Hastings in an amount not exceeding $4 for each cow artificially inseminated. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 28, s. 20.

PART II

21. Revoked: O. Reg. 288/96, s. 2.

22. Revoked: O. Reg. 288/96, s. 2.

23. Revoked: O. Reg. 288/96, s. 2.

24. Revoked: O. Reg. 288/96, s. 2.

25. Revoked: O. Reg. 288/96, s. 2.

26. Revoked: O. Reg. 288/96, s. 2.

27. Revoked: O. Reg. 288/96, s. 2.

28. Revoked: O. Reg. 288/96, s. 2.

29. Revoked: O. Reg. 288/96, s. 2.

30. Revoked: O. Reg. 288/96, s. 2.

31. Revoked: O. Reg. 288/96, s. 2.

32. Revoked: O. Reg. 288/96, s. 2.

FORM 1REVOKED: O. REG. 457/95, S. 7.

FORM 2REVOKED: O. REG. 457/95, S. 7.

FORM 3REVOKED: O. REG. 457/95, S. 7.

FORM 4REVOKED: O. REG. 457/95, S. 7.

FORM 5REVOKED: O. REG. 457/95, S. 7.

FORM 6REVOKED: O. REG. 457/95, S. 7.

FORM 7REVOKED: O. REG. 457/95, S. 7.

FORM 8REVOKED: O. REG. 457/95, S. 7.

FORM 9REVOKED: O. REG. 457/95, S. 7.

FORM 10REVOKED: O. REG. 457/95, S. 7.

FORM 11REVOKED: O. REG. 457/95, S. 7.

FORM 12REVOKED: O. REG. 457/95, S. 7.

FORM 13REVOKED: O. REG. 457/95, S. 7.

FORM 14REVOKED: O. REG. 457/95, S. 7.

FORM 15REVOKED: O. REG. 457/95, S. 7.

FORM 16REVOKED: O. REG. 457/95, S. 7.