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The Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (Scotland) Order 2019

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 Preliminary

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and extent

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Notices and other instruments

    4. 4.Extension of the definition of “disease”

    5. 5.Compliance with this Order

  3. PART 2 BVD Screening

    1. 6.Approval of veterinary surgeons

    2. 7.Approval of laboratories

    3. 8.Suspension and revocation of approval of laboratories

    4. 9.Sampling of breeding herds in accordance with compliance deadlines

    5. 10.Sampling of breeding bovine animals in accordance with compliance deadlines

    6. 11.Determining compliance deadlines

    7. 12.Additional sampling of not negative breeding herds

    8. 13.Follow-on sampling of long term not negative herds

    9. 14.Ear tag samples of tissue

    10. 15.Removal of management tags

    11. 16.Replacement of management tags

    12. 17.Sampling restricted to veterinary surgeons

    13. 18.Submission of samples for testing

    14. 19.Sampling of qualifying calves

    15. 20.Testing for exposure to BVDV

    16. 21.Testing for the presence of BVDV

    17. 22.Notification of test result

    18. 23.Testing of qualifying calves

    19. 24.Record keeping and disclosure

    20. 25.Reporting of tests for presence of BVDV other than under this Order

  4. PART 3 BVD Control

    1. 26.Individual BVD status

    2. 27.Collective BVD status of breeding herds

    3. 28.Change of individual BVD status by an approved veterinary surgeon

    4. 29.Change of collective BVD status by an approved veterinary surgeon

    5. 30.Notification of a change of status by an approved veterinary surgeon

    6. 31.Restrictions on the movement of breeding bovine animals where sampling obligations are missed

    7. 32.Restrictions on the movement of bovine animals with an individual BVD status of positive

    8. 33.Restrictions on the movement of animals off a holding with a not negative herd or a BVD positive animal

    9. 34.Restrictions on the movement of bovine animals onto a holding with a BVD positive animal

    10. 35.Restriction on the movement of high risk animals

    11. 35A.Separation of bovine animals with an individual BVD status of positive

    12. 36.Notification of BVD on a holding

    13. 37.Notification of BVD status prior to movement

    14. 38.Meaning of “moved to slaughter”

  5. PART 4 Final provisions

    1. 39.Maintenance, publication and provision of information

    2. 40.Enforcement

    3. 41.Powers of entry

    4. 42.Powers of inspectors

    5. 43.Offences by bodies corporate

    6. 44.Revocation and transitional provisions

  6. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE

      TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

      1. 1.Testing and sampling requirements – compliance deadlines

      2. 2.Qualifying calves

      3. 3.Approvals of laboratories

      4. 4.Approvals of veterinary surgeons

      5. 5.Operators of approved laboratories

      6. 6.Approved laboratories – record keeping and disclosure

      7. 7.Collective BVD status on the coming into force day

      8. 8.Individual BVD status on the coming into force day

      9. 9.Change of BVD finding by approved veterinary surgeon

  8. Explanatory Note

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