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(1) Any person who fails to abide by these rules shall be guilty of an offence in terms of the Act and the provisions and measures of rule 3(2) and (3) shall apply to it.

(2) Any right given to the competent authority under these rules to apply all such necessary measures prescribed in rule 3(2) and (3) shall be given to the competent authority without prejudice to other criminal procedures which may be taken under the Act or any other law when a person commits an offence by failing to abide by these rules. SCHEDULE I CHAPTER I

Conditions for the approval of semen collection centres collection centres shall: placed under the permanent supervision of a centre veterinarian; have a least:

(i) animal housing including isolation facilities;

(ii) semen collection facilities including a separate room for the cleaning and disinfection or sterilization of equipment;

(iii) a semen processing room which need not necessarily be on the same site;

(iv) a semen storage room which need not necessarily be on the same site; so constructed or isolated that contact with livestock outside is prevented; so constructed that the animal housing and the semen collecting, processing and storage facilities can be readily cleaned and disinfected; have isolation accommodation which shall have no direct communication with the normal animal accomodation; so designed that the animal accommodation is physically separated from the semen processing room and both are separated from the semen storage room.

CHAPTER II Conditions relating to the supervision of semen collection centres collection centres shall:

so supervised that they contain only male animals of the species whose semen is to be collected; so supervised that a record, file or computer record is kept of all porcine animals at the centre, giving details of the breed, date of birth identification of each of the animals, and also a record, file or computer record of all checks for diseases and all vaccinations carried out, giving also information from the disease/health file of each animal; regularly inspected by an official veterinarian, at least twice a year, which time checks on the conditions of approval and supervision shall be carried out; so supervised that the entry of unauthorized persons is prevented. Furthermore, authorized visitors must be required to comply with the conditions laid down by the centre veterinarian; employ technically competent staff suitably trained in disinfection procedures and hygiene techniques relevant to the control of the spread disease; so supervised that:

(i) only semen collected at an approved centre is processed and stored in approved centres, without coming into contact with any other consignment of semen;

(ii) collection, processing and storage of semen takes the premises set aside for the purpose and under conditions strictest hygiene;

(iii) all implements which come into contact with the donor animal during collection and processing disinfected or sterilized prior to use;

(iv) products of animal origin used in the processing (including additives or diluents) are obtained from present no animal health risk or are so treated prior such risk is prevented;

(v) storage flasks and transport flasks are properly sterilised before the beginning of each filling operation;

(vi) the cryogenic agent used has not been previously products of animal origin;

(vii) each collection of semen, whether or not it is individual doses, is clearly marked in such a way collection of the semen and the breed and identification donor animal, as well as the name and the registration the centre, preceded by the name of the country of appropriate, in the form of a code, can be readily established;

(viii) the characteristics and form of this marking will under the procedure set out in the definition "Standing on the Food Chain and Animal Health" provided under

SCHEDULE II CHAPTER I

Conditions applying to the admission of animals to approved semen centres