IMPROVEMENT OF LIVESTOCK (LICENSING OP BULLS) (ENGLAND AND WALES) BEGULATIONS, 1945. Dated MAY 11, 1945.
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1945/540 |
| Year | 1945 |
1945 No. 540
ANIMALS
THE IMPROVEMENT OF LIVESTOCK (LICENSING OP BULLS) (ENGLAND AND WALES) BEGULATIONS, 1945. DATED MAY 11, 1945.[This Order is printed as amended by Order, dated February 7, 1946 (S.R. & 0. 1946 (No, 223) I, p. 37)].
The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries by virtue and in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Section 11 of the Improvement of Live Stock (Licensing of Bulls) Act, 1931, hereinafter referred to as "the Act", as amended by the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1944, hereinafter referred to as "the amending Act", hereby makes the following Regulations:—
Prescribed Age of Bull.
1. For the purpose of sub-section (1) of Section 1 of the Act the prescribed age shall be the age of ten months.
Prescribed Approved Breeding Societies.
2. For the purpose of sub-section (3) of Section 6 of the amending Act an "approved breeding society" means one of the cattle breeding societies named in the First Schedule to these Regulations.
Manner of Making Application for Licence or Permit.
3.—(1) An application for the grant of a licence shall be made on and in accordance with Form A set out in the Second Schedule to these Regulations.
(2) An application for the grant of a permit shall be made on and in accordance with Form B set out in the said Second Schedule.
Time for making Application for Licence or Permit.
4. The first application made for a licence or permit in respect of any bull shall be forwarded to the Ministry not later than twenty-eight days before the bull attains the prescribed age.
Conditions as to Inspection and Marking of Butts.
5. The following shall be the conditions as to inspection and marking of a bull before the grant of a licence or permit:—
(a) A bull shall be inspected by an Officer of the Ministry and for this purpose the Minister may require the owner of a bull to make it available for inspection at any place or time that has been notified to the owner, and the owner shall provide all reasonable facilities and assistance for the purpose of the inspection and marking of a bull. Provided that a bull that has previously been inspected for any other purpose on behalf of the Minister may with the consent of the Minister be exempted from the inspection prescribed by this rule.
(b) In the case of an application for a licence, a bull, if found suitable after inspection for a licence, shall be marked by an Officer of the Ministry on the right ear, or, if that is impracticable, on some other appropriate place with a design consisting of a Crown. The said mark may be used in conjunction with letters or numbers or both.
(c) A bull which has been found unsuitable for a licence by the inspecting officer, or a bull in respect of which a licence has been revoked, or a bull in respect of which a permit has been granted shall be marked by an Officer of the Ministry on the left ear, or, if that is impracticable, on some other appropriate place with the letter "E". The said mark may be used in conjunction with other letters or numbers or both.
Forms of Licence or Permit.
6.—(1) A licence granted under the Act shall be in accordance with such one of the forms Cl, 02 and 03, set out in the Second Schedule to these Regulations as the Minister shall deem to be appropriate.
(2) A permit granted under the Act shall be in the form set out in form D of the said Second Schedule.
Conditions of Licensing.
7.—(1) A licence in the form set out in form 01 of the said Second Schedule that is to say a Beef Bull Licence shall not be granted except in respect of a bull which is registered and duly marked or otherwise identifiable as being so registered, in the pedigree register of any beef cattle breeding society specified in the first part of the First Schedule to these Regulations or bred from parents in the pedigree or grading-up register of such a Society and which otherwise conforms with the provisions of the Act and the amending Act.
(2) A licence in the form set out in form 02 of the said Second Schedule that is to say a Dairy (official milk record) Licence shall not be granted in respect of a bull unless the applicant for the licence shall produce for the examination of the Ministry's officer when so required the official milk records of such of the ancestors of the bull as shall from time to time be determined by the Minister, and shall establish to the satisfaction of the Minister that those ancestors have attained the standard of milk production which shall for the time being be fixed by the Minister and unless the bull otherwise conforms with the provisions of the Act and the amending Act. Unless the Minister shall otherwise determine, the said ancestors shall be the dam of the bull in respect of which the application is made and the dam of the bull's sire, and the standard shall be the production in a lactation period of 365 consecutive days of a mimumum yield of 600 gallons of milk with the first calf or 700 gallons with the second calf or 800 gallons with a subsequent calf. For this purpose the term "calf" shall include multiple births, and the term "lactation period" relates only to a natural lactation period occurring in consequence of the birth of a calf.
(3) A licence in the form set out in the form 03 of the said Second Schedule, that is to say a General Class Licence shall be granted in respect of any bull which is not eligible for a licence in accordance with paragraph (1) or (2) of this Article but which otherwise conforms with the provisions of the Act and the amending Act.
Change of Glass Licence.
8. Where the dam or sire's dam of a bull licensed under paragraph (3) of Article 7 subsequently attains a milk yield which would entitle the bull to be considered for a Dairy (official milk record) Licence, application for such a licence may be made and shall be in the form set out in form Al of the said Second Schedule: but save as hereby provided, no application for a licence of one class in substitution for a licence of a different class shall be made.
Saving of Existing Licence.
9. Any licence granted...
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