Livestock Improvement Act (No. 25 of 1977).
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Type of law
Legislation
Abstract
This Act provides for the development of livestock breeding and the livestock industry in general in Namibia. For this purpose the Act establishes the Livestock Improvement Board. The provisions of this Act shall apply with reference to any such kind and breed of animal as the Minister may by Notice in the Gazette declare to be a kind of animal and a breed thereof for the purposes of this Act. The Minister may likewise declare that any provision of this Act shall only apply in one or more specified areas of Namibia.
The Act, among other things: places restrictions on the trade in and collection of semen or artificial insemination and inovulation of animals and the sale of semen; sets out requirements for registration of inseminators and artificial insemination centres and for approval of animals; allows the Minister to establish a scheme for the evaluation and certification of the performance of animals of the kinds and breeds specified in the notice, with the object of improving the genetic production potential of such kinds and breeds; and provides for the incorporation of livestock breeders' societies.
The Act, among other things: places restrictions on the trade in and collection of semen or artificial insemination and inovulation of animals and the sale of semen; sets out requirements for registration of inseminators and artificial insemination centres and for approval of animals; allows the Minister to establish a scheme for the evaluation and certification of the performance of animals of the kinds and breeds specified in the notice, with the object of improving the genetic production potential of such kinds and breeds; and provides for the incorporation of livestock breeders' societies.
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Long title of text
An Act to provide for the development and promotion of the livestock industry; for the establishment of an Advisory Board for Animal Production; for the control of the collection and sale of semen and ova and the artificial insemination and inovulation of certain animals; for a system of evaluation and certification of the performance of certain animals with the object of improving the genetic production potential of certain kinds and breeds of animals; for the control of the importation and exportation of certain animals, semen, ova and eggs; for the incorporation as livestock breeders' societies of certain groups of persons engaged in the breeding of certain kinds and breeds of animals; and for the continuation of the legal personality of the South African Stud Book and Livestock Improvement Association, the Karakul Breeders' Society of South Africa and certain registered societies; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Date of text
Repealed
No
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No