Amendment of the Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (Scotland) Order 2013

4.  In article 11 (taking of samples)—

(a) in paragraph (1) omit “or breeding bovine animal”;

(b) after paragraph (5) insert—

“(5A) The keeper of a breeding bovine animal must take (or arrange to have taken) from the animal—

(a) an ear tag sample of tissue taken in accordance with paragraphs (6) and (7A); or

(b) a sample of blood.”;

(c) for paragraph (6)(b)(ii) substitute—

“(ii) in the case of a sample taken from a breeding bovine animal or a bovine animal in a breeding herd, is notified along with the animal’s ear tag number required by article 14(3)(b)(v), (va) or (vi) when the sample is submitted.”;

(d) in paragraph (7), omit “or breeding bovine animal”; and

(e) after paragraph (7) insert—

“(7A) For the purposes of paragraph (5A) the keeper of a breeding bovine animal must not take (or arrange to have taken) an ear tag sample of tissue from that animal if such a sample has previously been collected from a management tag from it.”.