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The Tuberculosis in Animals (England) (Amendment) Order 2023

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King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2023-07-27

ANIMALS, ENGLAND;ANIMAL HEALTH

This Order amends the Tuberculosis in Animals (England) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1001) (“the Principal Order”) to—impose an obligation on a person who makes a notification of the suspicion of tuberculosis under article 5(1) of the Principal Order, if that person is not the keeper of the animal, to notify the keeper of their suspicion (article 2(3));impose an obligation on the keeper who receives a bovine animal in a specified area (as defined) to arrange a post-movement skin test (article 2(2), (4) and (6));provide that a post-movement skin test is not required where a bovine animal moves directly to an approved finishing unit or an exempt finishing unit (article 2(4));provide that a bovine animal can be moved to an exempt finishing unit in addition to the movements already permitted under article 20(4) of the Principal Order, pending the results of a post-skin movement test being available (article 2(5)).