The Tuberculosis (Wales) Order 2010

Veterinary improvement notice

3.—(1) This paragraph applies where the keeper of a bovine animal has been served with a veterinary improvement notice under article 11 (veterinary improvement notice) and fails to comply with one or more of its requirements.

(2) Where—

(a)the keeper fails to comply with one requirement in the veterinary improvement notice;

(b)an animal has been tested under article 12 (tuberculosis testing);

(c)that animal has been slaughtered following that test; and

(d)that test was applied to the herd that includes that animal (after the keeper was served with the veterinary improvement notice)—

(i)for the first time, “B” is 0.75;

(ii)for the second time, “B” is 0.5; or

(iii)subsequently, “B” is 0.05.

(3) Where—

(a)the keeper fails to comply with more than one requirement in the veterinary improvement notice;

(b)an animal has been tested under article 12;

(c)that animal has been slaughtered following that test; and

(d)that test was applied to the herd that includes that animal, (after the keeper was served with the veterinary improvement notice)—

(i)for the first time, “B” is 0.5; or

(ii)subsequently, “B” is 0.05.