Regulations — ANIMAL IMPROVEMENT ACT 62 OF 1998

28 Regulations The Minister may make regulations- (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; (d) prescribing the requirements to be complied with for the registration of a semen collector , inseminator , embryo collector , embryo transferor or import agent as such , or of premises as a centre , or an animal breeders ' society or a registering authority or for the approval of a donor animal for the purpose of the collection of genetic material , and the conditions subject to which such registration or approval shall be made; (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 , w ith 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 .

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