PART 4

Final provisions

Maintenance, publication and provision of information
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1
The Scottish Ministers must maintain a record of information notified or provided in accordance with articles 3(4)(b), 6(6), 7(2), 8(2), 22(1), 22(2), 23(3), 25(2), and 30.
2
The Scottish Ministers must provide information so far as held by them to a relevant person about—
a
the collective BVD status of a breeding herd or the individual BVD status of a bovine animal, and
b
the result of a laboratory test for the presence of, or exposure to, BVDV in relation to a sample taken from a bovine animal.
3
In paragraph (2), “a relevant person” means—
a
the keeper of the herd or bovine animal, or
b
the operator of a market to which the herd or animal is moved or is to be moved.
4
Where they consider it appropriate to do so, the Scottish Ministers may—
a
provide information held by them, as described in paragraph (2), to any other person who requests that information,
b
publish such information (or any part of such information) as they deem appropriate.