The Tuberculosis (England) (Amendment) Order 2012

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Tuberculosis (England) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/740) (“the 2007 Order”) and inserts a provision into article 1 that provides for the cessation of the 2007 Order on 1st July 2019 (article 2(3)).

Article 2(5) removes the pre-movement test exemption in article 9(2)(c) of the 2007 Order. Keepers of bovine animals that have been present on premises for no more than 30 days at the date of movement will now have to have such animals tested before onward movement.

In article 20(1) of the 2007 Order the reference to the Veterinary Laboratories Agency has been replaced by a reference to the Secretary of State due to that executive agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs no longer bearing that name (article 2(6)).

Article 2(7) inserts a review provision into the 2007 Order to require the Secretary of State to review and report on the 2007 Order.

In the Schedule to the 2007 Order the extent of permitted movements of bovine animals without requiring a pre-movement test in paragraph 3 (movement within a sole occupancy group) and paragraph 5 (movement to agricultural shows) have been curtailed (article 2(8)).

A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available on the Defra website at www.defra.gov.uk, and is published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.