The Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (Wales) Order 2024

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 Preliminary

   1. 1. Title, application and coming into force

   2. 2. Interpretation

   3. 3. Extension of the definition of “disease”

   4. 4. Notices and other instruments

   5. 5. Compliance with this Order

   6. 6. Costs of compliance

3. PART 2 Approval of veterinary surgeons and laboratories

   1. 7. Approval of veterinary surgeons

   2. 8. Approval of laboratories

   3. 9. Record keeping and disclosure by approved laboratories

   4. 10. Suspension and revocation of approval of laboratories

4. PART 3 Sampling and notification requirements

   1. 11. Sampling restricted to approved veterinary surgeons

   2. 12. Submission of samples for testing

   3. 13. Ear tag samples of tissue

   4. 14. Removal of management tags

   5. 15. Replacement of management tags

   6. 16. Notification requirements by the operator of an approved laboratory

   7. 17. Notification of BVD on a holding to other keepers

   8. 18. Reporting of tests for presence of BVDV other than under this Order

5. PART 4 BVD Status

   1. 19. Individual BVD status of animals

   2. 20. Collective BVD status of herds

   3. 21. Change of individual BVD status by an approved veterinary surgeon

   4. 22. Change of collective BVD status by an approved veterinary surgeon

   5. 23. Notification of a change of status by an approved veterinary surgeon

   6. 24. Publication of status

6. PART 5 BVD Screening

   1. 25. Sampling of bovine herds in accordance with compliance deadlines

   2. 26. Determining compliance deadlines

   3. 27. Testing for exposure to BVDV

   4. 28. Notification of test results

   5. 29. Additional sampling of individual bovine animals

   6. 30. Submission and testing of samples from individual bovine animals

   7. 31. Notification of test results

   8. 32. Additional sampling to determine persistent infection with BVD

   9. 33. Submission and testing of samples to determine persistent infection with BVD

   10. 34. Notification of test results

   11. 35. Sampling of calves born into herds with a collective BVD status of not negative

   12. 36. Submission and testing of samples from calves born into herds with a collective BVD status of not negative

   13. 37. Notification of test results

7. PART 6 Movement restrictions and isolation of persistently infected animals

   1. 38. Restrictions on movement where a herd has a collective BVD status of not negative

   2. 39. Restrictions on movement where an animal has an individual BVD status of positive

   3. 40. Pre-movement testing

   4. 41. Post-movement testing of animals without a known individual BVD status from herds outside of Wales

   5. 42. Restrictions on the movement of animals where sampling obligations are not met

   6. 43. Isolation of bovine animals which are persistently infected

   7. 44. Meaning of “moved to slaughter”

8. PART 7 Enforcement

   1. 45. Enforcement

   2. 46. Powers of entry

   3. 47. Powers of inspectors

   4. 48. Offences by bodies corporate

9. Signature

10. Explanatory Note