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According to Livestock Improvement Act 25 of 1977- Section 31.

(1) A written authorisation from the registrar applied for in terms of regulation 30 shall be valid for the number of animals, doses of semen, ova, poultry or eggs of the kind and breed or breeding line and for the period specified therein, and shall not be transferable.

(2) An authorisation applied for in terms of regulation 30(1)(a) shall be granted on condition that -

(a) a copy of each certificate relating to the animals being imported in terms of. such authorisation, issued by a competent authority in the country of origin of those animals, in which the blood type of each of the animals thus imported is specified, be lodged with the registrar within 14 days of the arrival of such animals in the Republic: Provided that in the case where such certificates did not accompany the animals concerned or if the certificates which did accompany them, are not acceptable to the registrar, the importer shall have the blood types of the animals concerned, determined by a local competent authority and lodge a copy of each such certificate with the registrar;

(b) semen imported in terms of such authorisation -

    (i) shall have been collected by a competent body in the country of origin thereof;

    (ii) shall conform to the requirements referred to in regulation 16(7) and shall be packed in the manner referred to in that regulation; and

    (iii) shall in respect of each container of a dose of semen be marked, in a manner which is easily legible and which will not be effaced during storage, transport or handling, with the identification of the body referred to in subphotograph (i) and of the animal from which such semen was collected, and with the date on which such semen was collected or the batch number allocated to such semen;

   (c) ova imported in terms of such authorisation -

     (i) shall have been collected by a competent body in the country of origin thereof from an animal which, in the case of fertilised ova, has been fertilised by artificially insemination for the collection of such ova; and 

[The phrase “artificially insemination” should be “artificial insemination”.]

     (ii) shall be packed in the manner referred to in regulation 16(7)(b) as applied by regulation 27(1), and each container in which they are packed shall be marked or labelled in the manner referred to in paragraph (b)(iii) with the identification of the body referred to in subparagraph (i), the identification of the animal from which the semen was used for the fertilization of the animal from which the ovum concerned was collected and the identification of that animal, and with the date on which each animal concerned was fertilized for the collection of such ovum and the date on which it was collected; and

   (d) the animals (except poultry) imported in terms of that authorisation or begotten with the aid of the semen thus imported, or born from the ova thus imported, shall be registered or recorded with the Stud Book Association.

(3) Subject to the provisions of subregulation (5) authorisation applied for in terms of regulation 30(1)(b) shall, except in the case of poultry imported for show purposes, be granted on condition that -

   (a) all importations of chickens or eggs be made through Jan Smuts Airport, from where they shall be transported under the supervision of an officer or in a vehicle sealed by an officer, to the quarantine facilities at the Animal and Dairy Science Research Institute of the Department;

   (b) all chickens and eggs which are imported, be marked in respect of each pure breeding line or breed to which they belong, according to accepted practises and methods;

   (c) application be made in writing within 21 days of the authorisation for the importation of the chickens or eggs concerned, to the Director of the Research Institute referred to in paragraph (a), for the use of the quarantine facilities referred to 10 the paragraph;

   (d) an application in terms of paragraph (c) be accompanied by the fees specified in paragraph 11 of Table A hereto as a deposit for the use of the quarantine facilities referred to in paragraph (a) which deposit -

     (i) shall be used as a part payment on the amount payable to the Department if the quarantine facilities are used;

     (ii) shall be repaid to the applicant if he cancels his application for the use of such quarantine facilities in writing at least 30 days prior to the date for which they were reserved for him; or

     (iii) shall be forfeited to the State if the application is not cancelled as indicated in subparagraph (ii); and

   (e) an agreement in the form in Schedule XV hereto be entered into between the importer and the Department for the use of the quarantine facilities referred to in paragraph (a) when the chickens or eggs have arrived in the Republic.

(4) [Subregulation (4) is deleted by RSA GN R.516/1982.]

(5) An authorisation for the importation of pure breeding lines of poultry applied for in terms of regulation 30(1)(b) shall be granted on condition that -

   (a) both sexes of those pure breeding lines be imported; and

   (b) the first locally bred commercial end product thereof shall be evaluated in a random sample broiler performance test or random sample egg production test, as the case may be.

(6) An authorisation for the importation of poultry for show purposes applied for in terms of regulation 30(1)(b)(iv) shall be granted on condition that -

   (a) only pure-bred chickens or adult poultry of the kind and breed applied for be imported;

   (b) such poultry shall not be used in the commercial production of meat or eggs; and

   (c) the applicant complies with the provisions of the Animal Diseases and Parasites Act, 1956 (Act 13 of 1956), pertaining to the importation of poultry.