Maintenance, publication and provision of informationS
39.—(1) The Scottish Ministers must maintain a record of information notified or provided in accordance with articles 3(4)(b), 6(6), 7(2), 8(2), 22(1), 22(2), 23(3), 25(2), and 30.
(2) The Scottish Ministers must provide information so far as held by them to a relevant person about—
(a)the collective BVD status of a breeding herd or the individual BVD status of a bovine animal, and
(b)the result of a laboratory test for the presence of, or exposure to, BVDV in relation to a sample taken from a bovine animal.
(3) In paragraph (2), “a relevant person” means—
(a)the keeper of the herd or bovine animal, or
(b)the operator of a market to which the herd or animal is moved or is to be moved.
(4) Where they consider it appropriate to do so, the Scottish Ministers may—
(a)provide information held by them, as described in paragraph (2), to any other person who requests that information,
(b)publish such information (or any part of such information) as they deem appropriate.