The Tuberculosis (Scotland) Amendment Order 1990

Made3rd September 1990

Coming into force15th October 1990

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1 and 8(1) of the Animal Health Act 19811 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, extent and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Tuberculosis (Scotland) (Amendment) Order 1990, shall apply to Scotland only and shall come into force on 15th October 1990.

Amendment of the Tuberculosis (Scotland) Order 19842.

The Tuberculosis (Scotland) Order 19842 shall be amended by omitting article 16 (identification of bovine animals), article 17 (restriction on the movement or sale of unidentified bovine animals) and article 18 (marking of bovine animals).

James Douglas-Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

3rd September 1990

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Tuberculosis (Scotland) Order 1984 by removing the provisions relating to the identification and marking of bovine animals and the restriction on the sale of unidentified bovine animals in markets (article 3). Those provisions now form part of the Bovine Animals (Identification, Marking and Breeding Records) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/1867).