20.—(1) This article applies where, other than under Part 2, a laboratory (including an approved laboratory) tests for the presence of BVDV a sample (of any description) taken from a bovine animal.
(2) The operator of the laboratory must by notice inform the Scottish Ministers, within 40 days of testing the sample, of—
(a)a description of the sample;
(b)the date the sample was tested;
(c)the result of the test; and
(d)in so far as known by the operator—
(i)any ear tag numbers from ear tags applied to the animal under the 2007 Regulations;
(ii)the keeper’s name and address;
(iii)the CPH number for the holding on which the animal was kept at the time the sample was taken; and
(iv)the date the sample was taken.