The Tuberculosis (England) Order 2007

Exempt markets

11.—(1) The Secretary of State may approve a market to handle and sell bovine animals that have been moved without a pre-movement test in accordance with article 9(3)(a) (“an exempt market”).

(2) The approval must specify—

(a) the operator of the market;

(b) the premises upon which the exempt market is to be held;

(c) the dates and times for the holding of the exempt market; and

(d) the conditions with which the operator of the exempt market must comply.

(3) The operator of an exempt market must separate animals in or entering the exempt market from other bovine animals present on other parts of the premises where the exempt market is located.

(4) No person may purport to hold an exempt market unless it is approved under paragraph (1).

(5) No person may move a bovine animal from an exempt market except direct to a permitted destination.

(6) No person may move a bovine animal that is not separated from animals in or entering an exempt market as required by paragraph (3) except to a permitted destination.

(7) In this article, “permitted destination” means—

(a) in respect of animals that are subject to routine testing less frequently than biennially, an exempt or approved finishing unit or a slaughterhouse;

(b) in respect of all other animals, an exempt or approved finishing unit, a slaughterhouse, or back to the premises from which they were brought.

(8) A market in Scotland or Wales that is approved by the Scottish Ministers or the National Assembly for Wales for the same purpose as a market may be approved under this article is also an exempt market for the purposes of this Order.