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Animal Improvement Act, 1998 (Act No. 62 of 1998)

Regulations

18. Register of particulars

 

(1) The registrar shall keep a register in which the information specified in these regulations is recorded.

 

(2) The following information in respect of registered inseminators, semen collectors, embryo collectors and embryo transferors shall be recorded in the register:
(a) The name, address and identity number of each such inseminator, semen collector, embryo collector or embryo transferor;
(b) Particulars of the course of instruction referred to in regulation (3) that each such person successfully completed, the authority that presented such course and the date on which he or she thus completed it .
(c) The number and date of the certificate of registration issued to each such person.
(d) The expiry date of the registration of each such person, the date on which it has been renewed, and the expiry date of such renewal.

 

(3) The following information in respect of import agents registered in terms of section 8 of the Act shall be recorded in the register:
(a) The name and address of each import agent;
(b) The number and date of the registration of each import agent;
(c) The expiry date of the registration of each such import agent, the date of renewal and the expiry date of such renewal.

 

(4) The following information in respect of animal breeders’ societies shall be recorded in the register:
(a) The name of each livestock breeders’ society;
(b) The kind and breed with which such livestock breeders’ society is concerned.
(c) The number and date of the certificate of registration issued to such livestock breeders’ society.
(d) The address of the registered office of such livestock breeders’ society.

 

(5) The following information in respect of independent registering authorities shall be recorded in the register:
(a) The name of each registering authority;
(b) The kinds and breeds with which the independent registering authority is concerned;
(c) The address of the registered office of such registering authority; and
(d) The date of registration of the registering authority.

 

(6) The following information in respect of premises registered as centres in terms of section 7 of the Act shall be recorded in the register:
(a) The name and address of each such centre;
(b) The number and date of the certificate of registration issued in respect of each such centre.
(c) The expiry date of the registration of each such centre, the date on which it has been renewed and the expiry date of such renewal.

 

(7) The following information with reference to animals approved in terms of section 7 of the Act for the collection of semen shall be recorded in the register:
(a) The kind and breed of each such animal.
(b) The identification of each such animal and, if applicable the number allocated to that animal by the relevant registering authority
(c) The blood typing laboratory number of each such animal.
(d) The name of the centre where each such animal is kept.
(e) The number and date of the certificate of approval issued in respect of each such animal.
(f) The expiry date of the approval of each such animal, the date on which it has been renewed and the expiry date of such renewal.

 

(8) The registrar shall be notified in writing by the person concerned of any change in the information recorded in the register referred to in subregulation (1 ).

 

(9) Upon notification referred to in subregulation (8), the registrar shall update the information recorded in the register.

 

(10) The applicable fee specified in item 13 of Table 1 in the Annexure is payable in respect of—
(a) access to the register;
(b) copies of any information recorded in the register; and
(c) a certificate in respect of information recorded in the register.