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Artificial insemination of greyhounds
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26. (1) The Board may, with the consent of the Minister, make regulations controlling the practice of artificial insemination of greyhounds in relation to the following:
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(a) prohibiting persons from engaging in the practice of the artificial insemination of greyhounds except under and in accordance with licences granted by the Board under regulations made under this section;
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(b) licences or classes of licences to engage in the practice of the artificial insemination of greyhounds;
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(c) keeping of records by licensees and the production of such records for inspection and taking of copies or extracts from such records by authorised officers;
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(d) furnishing of information to the Board by licensees;
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(e) delegation of certain functions or classes of functions in relation to the artificial insemination of greyhounds to the Club and for the supervision of such functions by the Board;
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(f) approval of persons to carry out artificial insemination and centres for artificial insemination, or classes of such inseminators and centres;
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(g) approval of veterinary practitioners appointed to supervise and control operations at such centres;
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(h) setting of standards and procedures to be followed by veterinary practitioners and for the standards and procedures to be observed at such centres and for such inseminations;
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(i) approval of greyhound sires used or to be used for artificial insemination at such centres;
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(j) registration and recording of greyhounds serviced by artificial insemination at such centres;
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(k) information in respect of such artificial insemination to be recorded and for the notification of such to the Board or the Club;
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(l) setting the maximum number of registered services by insemination of greyhounds permissible during a specified time period, either generally in relation to greyhound sires or in relation to classes of greyhound sires or individual greyhound sires;
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(m) measures controlling or prohibiting the use of semen derived from greyhound sires that have died;
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(n) measures relating to the health and welfare of greyhounds at such centres;
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(o) the participation of such centres and greyhounds in studies into the genetic health of greyhounds.
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(2) The Board may make charges to be paid in respect of artificial insemination of greyhounds to the Board or the Club.
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(3) A person who is prohibited by regulations made under subsection (1) for the purposes of paragraph (a) from engaging in artificial insemination of greyhounds except under and in accordance with a licence granted by the Board, engages in the artificial insemination of a greyhound without such licence commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a class A fine.
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(4) A licensee under regulations made under this section who contravenes a regulation made under subsection (1), and which is stated in the regulations to be a racing sanction provision, commits a sanction breach of the Racing code and is liable to a racing sanction.
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(5) Section 39 of the Principal Act is repealed.
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