PART 2BVD screening
CHAPTER 3Testing requirements
Duties of operators of approved laboratories – qualifying calves18.
(1)
This article applies where—
(a)
the keeper of a qualifying calf has in accordance with article 15 arranged for the testing of a sample by an approved laboratory; and
(b)
the sample has been submitted to the laboratory.
(2)
The operator of the laboratory must—
(a)
test the sample submitted for the presence of BVDV;
(b)
by notice inform the keeper of the result of the test, clearly indicating to the keeper whether the result is negative or not negative for the presence of BVDV; and
(c)
by notice inform the Scottish Ministers, within 40 days of testing the sample under sub-paragraph (a), of—
(i)
the keeper’s name and address;
(ii)
the date the sample was taken;
(iii)
the date the sample was tested;
(iv)
the result of the test;
(v)
the CPH number for the holding on which the calf was kept at the time the sample was taken; and
(vi)
the ear tag numbers from ear tags applied to the calf under the 2007 Regulations.