Title, application and commencement
1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Tuberculosis (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2015.
(2) This Order applies in relation to Wales.
(3) This Order comes into force on 2 November 2015.
Amendments to the Tuberculosis (Wales) Order 2010
2.—(1) The Tuberculosis (Wales) Order 2010(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In article 2 (interpretation) in the appropriate place in alphabetical order insert—
““tuberculosis-free status” (“statws rhydd rhag twbercwlosis”) means a bovine herd that satisfies the conditions laid down in Annex A.I, paragraphs 1 and 2 of Council Directive 64/432/EEC(2) on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine.”
(3) In article 12 (tuberculosis testing) in paragraph (9) omit the definition of “loss of tuberculosis-free status”.
(4) In article 14 (tuberculosis test records) after paragraph (3) insert—
“(4) Where a bovine herd loses or regains its tuberculosis-free status the Welsh Ministers may publish information regarding that herd in any form that the Welsh Ministers see fit for the purpose of helping other persons to protect against the further spread of tuberculosis.”
Rebecca Evans
Deputy Minister for Farming and Food, under the authority of the Minister for Natural Resources, one of the Welsh Ministers
6 October 2015