The Tuberculosis (England) Order 2007

Pre-Movement Testing

9.—(1) No person may move a bovine animal from any premises unless—

(a) a skin test has been applied to it no more than 60 days before the date of movement; and

(b) the results of the test have been read by an inspector and are negative.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to the following animals—

(a) bovine animals in herds that are subject to routine testing for tuberculosis less frequently than biennially;

(b) bovine animals that are under 6 weeks old at the date of the movement;

(c) bovine animals that have been present on the premises for no more than 30 days at the date of the movement;

(d) bovine animals that are subject to routine annual testing for the following public health reasons only—

(i) they are on a farm considered by the Divisional Veterinary Manager to be a farm that is open for visits by the public or by sections of the public;

(ii) they are part of a herd from which the Dairy Hygiene Inspectorate has approved the sale of raw cow’s milk for drinking direct to the end consumer, either by retail sale of bottled milk or as part of an on-farm catering business;

(iii) they are part of a herd from which raw cow’s milk is regularly used for the manufacture of unpasteurised cheese or other unpasteurised dairy products;

(e) bovine animals at an approved semen collection centre.

(3) Paragraph (1) does not apply to the following movements—

(a) movements specified in the Schedule;

(b) any movement under the authority of a licence issued by a veterinary inspector.

(4) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), a skin test is applied on the date tuberculin is injected.