The Tuberculosis (Scotland) Order 2005

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes and substantially re-enacts the Tuberculosis (Scotland) Order 1984 (S.I. 1984/2063).

The principal changes made by this Order are:

1.  to introduce an obligation to apply a diagnostic test for tuberculosis to any animal moving from a holding in Scotland or to any animal which has arrived at a holding in Scotland from a holding in an area in Great Britain where there is a high incidence of bovine tuberculosis;

2.  to prohibit the movement of a bovine animal between the application of a diagnostic test for tuberculosis and the veterinary inspector being satisfied with the test (article 8(10));

3.  to clarify the power to impose movement restrictions on herds where an official tuberculin test has not been carried out by the due date (article 8(11));

4.  to introduce a duty to notify the isolation of the organism M. bovis when found in sample taken in a laboratory (other than as a consequence of its deliberate introduction) (article 17);

5.  to remove the prescribed forms of Notice (previously Form A and Form B) previously set out in the Schedules to the 1984 Order.

Failure to comply with any provision of the Order is an offence under section 73 of the Animal Health Act 1981.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment in relation to this Order has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre and copies can be obtained from the Scottish Executive Rural Affairs Department, Pentland House, Robb’s Loan, Edinburgh EH14 1TY.