The Tuberculosis in Animals (England) Order 2021

Exempt markets

21.—(1) The Secretary of State may approve a market to handle and sell bovine animals that have been moved without the requirement for a pre-movement test (“an exempt market”).

(2) The approval must specify—

(a) the operator of the exempt market;

(b) the premises on 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 bovine animals present on other parts of the premises where the exempt market is located.

(4) A person must not purport to hold an exempt market unless it is approved under paragraph (1).

(5) A person must not move a bovine animal from an exempt market except directly to a permitted destination.

(6) A person must not move a bovine animal that is not separate from animals in or entering an exempt market as required by paragraph (3) except directly to a permitted destination.

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

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

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

(8) A market in Scotland or Wales that is approved by the Scottish Ministers or the Welsh Ministers respectively for the same purpose as an exempt market is deemed to be an exempt market for the purposes of article 20(2)(e) and Schedule 2.