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According to Livestock Improvement Act 25 of 1977- Section 19.

(1) No person shall collect ova from an animal or inovulate an animal unless

    (a) he is a veterinarian; or

    (b) he is authorised thereto in terms of regulation 19A.

(2) Subject to the provisions of subregulation (3), ova shall not be collected from an animal unless the owner of that animal holds a valid certificate issued under regulation 23(2) and if fertilised ova are collected such animal has been fertilised by means of artificial insemination with semen collected from an animal approved in terms of section 10 of the Act for the collection of semen or with semen imported in terms of an authorisation under section 16 of the Act.

(3) The provisions of subregulation (2) shall not apply to the collection of ova -

    (a) for the sole purpose of examining or testing such ova or for research or training approved by the registrar in writing;

    (b) if the ova are collected by a person referred to in subregulation (1)(b) and shall only be used to inovulate an animal also belonging to the owner of the animal from which the ova concerned are collected.

(4) Subject to the provisions of subregulation (5) no animal shall be inovulated unless the ovum to be used for such inovulation -

     (a) was collected from an animal referred to in subregulation (2); or

     (b) was imported in terms of an authorisation under section 16 of the Act; or

     (c) was or shall be fertilised with semen referred to in subregulation (2).

(5) The provisions of subregulation (4) shall not apply to the inovulation of an animal -

      (a) for the sole purpose of examining or testing such an animal or for research or training approved by the registrar in writing; or

      (b) if such inovulation is carried out by a person referred to in subregulation (1)(b) with an ovum which was collected from an animal also belonging to the owner of the animal to be thus inovulated: Provided that such person shall be assisted by a veterinarian if it is necessary to use a Scheduled substance. as defined in section 1 of Medicine and Related Substances Control Act (Act 101 of 1965), in connection with the inovulation of the animal concerned.