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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2011/692/article/2</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Tuberculosis (Wales) Order 2011</dc:title><dc:subject>Animal health</dc:subject><dc:subject>Animal movement licences</dc:subject><dc:subject>Animals</dc:subject><dc:subject>Tuberculosis</dc:subject><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">ANIMALS, WALES;ANIMAL HEALTH</dc:subject><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-08-10</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2014-04-06</dct:valid>
					<dc:description>This Order, made under the Animal Health Act 1981, confers powers on the Welsh Ministers in relation to tuberculosis in Wales.</dc:description>
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				</ukm:Metadata><Secondary><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2011/692/body" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2011/692/body" NumberOfProvisions="21" TerritorialApplication="W" RestrictExtent="E+W" RestrictStartDate="2014-04-06"><Part DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2011/692/part/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2011/692/part/1" NumberOfProvisions="5" id="part-1" TerritorialApplication="W" RestrictExtent="E+W" RestrictStartDate="2014-04-06"><Number><Strong>PART 1</Strong></Number><Title>General</Title><P1group TerritorialApplication="W" RestrictExtent="E+W" RestrictStartDate="2014-04-06"><Title>Interpretation</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2011/692/article/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2011/692/article/2" id="article-2"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-542342e66ea9c7d04bfeb905b8819b42"/>2</Pnumber><P1para><Text>In this Order—</Text><UnorderedList Decoration="none" Class="Definition"><ListItem><Para><Text>“<Abbreviation Expansion="Animal Health Act 1981 c. 22">the Act</Abbreviation>” (“<Emphasis><Abbreviation Expansion="Deddf Iechyd Anifeiliaid 1981 p. 22">y Ddeddf</Abbreviation></Emphasis>”) means the Animal Health Act 1981;</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>“affected animal” (“<Emphasis>anifail yr effeithiwyd arno</Emphasis>”) means a non-bovine animal which is affected with tuberculous emaciation, or is excreting or discharging tuberculous material, or is affected with a chronic cough, or shows any other clinical signs of tuberculosis;</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>“approved disinfectant” (“<Emphasis>diheintydd cymeradwy</Emphasis>”) means a disinfectant that is approved for use against tuberculosis in accordance with the Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) (Wales) Order 2007<FootnoteRef Ref="f00002"/>;</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text> <Addition ChangeId="key-7daef22e64ff9e92b9b7393fa2388202-1786124874307" CommentaryRef="key-7daef22e64ff9e92b9b7393fa2388202">“approved veterinary surgeon” (“</Addition><Emphasis><Addition ChangeId="key-7daef22e64ff9e92b9b7393fa2388202-1786124874307" CommentaryRef="key-7daef22e64ff9e92b9b7393fa2388202">milfeddyg cymeradwy</Addition></Emphasis><Addition ChangeId="key-7daef22e64ff9e92b9b7393fa2388202-1786124874307" CommentaryRef="key-7daef22e64ff9e92b9b7393fa2388202">”) means a veterinary surgeon who is approved in accordance with article 2A;</Addition> </Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>“keeper” (“<Emphasis>ceidwad</Emphasis>”) means any person who owns or is responsible for a non-bovine animal whether on a permanent or temporary basis, but it does not include a person responsible for a non-bovine animal solely because the person is transporting it;</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>“non-bovine animal” (“<Emphasis>anifail nad yw'n anifail buchol</Emphasis>”) means a deer, goat, alpaca, guanaco, llama or vicuna;</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>“premises” (“<Emphasis>mangre</Emphasis>”) includes—</Text><OrderedList Decoration="parens" Type="alpha"><ListItem><Para><Text>land or buildings; and</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>any other place including, in particular, a vehicle, a vessel, an aircraft, or a tent or other moveable structure;</Text></Para></ListItem></OrderedList></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text> <Substitution ChangeId="key-9299518322dcae811bb7a3aaa71061b5-1786124905660" CommentaryRef="key-9299518322dcae811bb7a3aaa71061b5">“relevant test” (“</Substitution><Emphasis><Substitution ChangeId="key-9299518322dcae811bb7a3aaa71061b5-1786124905660" CommentaryRef="key-9299518322dcae811bb7a3aaa71061b5">prawf perthnasol</Substitution></Emphasis><Substitution ChangeId="key-9299518322dcae811bb7a3aaa71061b5-1786124905660" CommentaryRef="key-9299518322dcae811bb7a3aaa71061b5">”) means—</Substitution></Text><OrderedList Decoration="parens" Type="alpha"><ListItem><Para><Text><Substitution ChangeId="key-9299518322dcae811bb7a3aaa71061b5-1786124905660" CommentaryRef="key-9299518322dcae811bb7a3aaa71061b5">a skin test; or</Substitution></Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text><Substitution ChangeId="key-9299518322dcae811bb7a3aaa71061b5-1786124905660" CommentaryRef="key-9299518322dcae811bb7a3aaa71061b5">any other diagnostic test for tuberculosis approved by the Welsh Ministers;</Substitution> </Text></Para></ListItem></OrderedList></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>“suspected animal” (“<Emphasis>anifail dan amheuaeth</Emphasis>”) means a non-bovine animal which is suspected of being affected with tuberculosis and includes a non-bovine animal that has been in close contact with such a non-bovine animal;</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>“tuberculosis” (“<Emphasis>twbercwlosis</Emphasis>”) means infection with <Emphasis>Mycobacterium bovis (M.bovis)</Emphasis>; and</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>“veterinary improvement notice” (“<Emphasis>hysbysiad gwella milfeddygol</Emphasis>”) means a notice served under article 8 (veterinary improvement notice).</Text></Para></ListItem></UnorderedList></P1para></P1></P1group></Part></Body></Secondary><Footnotes><Footnote id="f00002">
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<Text><Acronym Expansion="Statutory Instrument">S.I.</Acronym> <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2007/2803" id="c00005" Year="2007" Number="2803" Class="WelshStatutoryInstrument" AlternativeNumber="W.236">2007/2803 (W.236)</Citation>.</Text>
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</Footnote></Footnotes><Commentaries><Commentary Type="I" id="key-542342e66ea9c7d04bfeb905b8819b42"><Para><Text>Art. 2  in force at 31.3.2011, see <CitationSubRef id="n5e81c5ea9e87ac3" SectionRef="article-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2011/692/article/1" Operative="true">art. 1</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-7daef22e64ff9e92b9b7393fa2388202" Type="F"><Para><Text>Words in <CitationSubRef id="ca5jtcoi6-00006" SectionRef="article-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2011/692/article/2">art. 2</CitationSubRef> inserted (6.4.2014) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2014/632" id="ca5jtcoi6-00007" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2014" Number="632" Title="The Tuberculosis (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Order 2014">The Tuberculosis (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/632)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="ca5jtcoi6-00007" id="ca5jtcoi6-00008" SectionRef="article-1-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2014/632/article/1/3">arts. 1(3)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="ca5jtcoi6-00007" id="ca5jtcoi6-00009" SectionRef="article-3-2-a" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2014/632/article/3/2/a" Operative="true">3(2)(a)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-9299518322dcae811bb7a3aaa71061b5" Type="F"><Para><Text>Words in <CitationSubRef id="ca5jtcoi6-00015" SectionRef="article-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2011/692/article/2">art. 2</CitationSubRef> substituted (6.4.2014) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2014/632" id="ca5jtcoi6-00016" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2014" Number="632" Title="The Tuberculosis (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Order 2014">The Tuberculosis (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/632)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="ca5jtcoi6-00016" id="ca5jtcoi6-00017" SectionRef="article-1-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2014/632/article/1/3">arts. 1(3)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="ca5jtcoi6-00016" id="ca5jtcoi6-00018" SectionRef="article-3-2-b" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2014/632/article/3/2/b" Operative="true">3(2)(b)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>