(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order corrects errors in the Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (Scotland) Order 2013 (“the 2013 Order”).
Article 4(b) inserts a new article 11(5A) into article 11 of the 2013 Order to make provision for the taking of samples by (or on behalf of) a keeper of a breeding bovine animal not forming part of a herd, for the purposes of determining whether bovine viral diarrhoea virus is or may be present in the animal.
Articles 4 (other than article 4(b)), 5, 6 and 7 respectively amend articles 11, 12(1), 14(3) and 17(5) of the 2013 Order in consequence of the amendment made by article 4(b).
Article 3 amends article 9 of the 2013 Order to provide an exemption from the sampling and testing obligations applicable to a keeper in respect of certain breeding bovine animals.
No business and regulatory impact assessment has been prepared for this Order as no further impact on business, charities or voluntary bodies is foreseen.