The Tuberculosis (Wales) Order 2010

Pre-Movement Testing E+W

13.—(1) No person may move a bovine animal from any premises unless—

(a) a skin test has been applied to it no more than 60 days before the date of movement; and

(b) the results of the test have been read by an inspector [F1 or an approved veterinary surgeon] and are negative.

[F2 (1A) Where a reading of the test in paragraph (1)(b) does not reveal a negative result for tuberculosis the requirements in article 12(3A) apply.]

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to—

(a) bovine animals that are less than 6 weeks old at the date of the movement;

(b) the movement of a bovine animal to a place for veterinary treatment provided that it is returned direct to its premises of origin after the treatment, or is killed or goes direct to slaughter;

[F3 (c) any movements specified in Schedule 2; and]

(d) any movement that is approved by the Welsh Ministers.

[F4 (3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a)—

(a) the 60 day period begins on the day after tuberculin is injected into the animal; and

(b) the skin test cannot be one applied to an animal subject to a notice served under article 16 (isolation and prohibition on movement of animals) unless approved by the Welsh Ministers.]

[F5 (4) The pre-movement test must be arranged with an approved veterinary surgeon at the expense of the keeper of the bovine animal unless a test for tuberculosis has been instructed by the Welsh Ministers in accordance with article 12(1) to take place within the period mentioned in paragraph (1)(a).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in art. 13(1)(b) inserted (6.4.2014) by The Tuberculosis (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/632), arts. 1(3), 2(5)(a)

F2 Art. 13(1A) inserted (6.4.2014) by The Tuberculosis (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/632), arts. 1(3), 2(5)(b)

F3 Art. 13(2)(c) substituted (1.10.2017) by The Tuberculosis (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/711), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 5(a) (with art. 3)

F4 Art. 13(3) substituted (1.10.2017) by The Tuberculosis (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/711), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 5(b) (with art. 3)

F5 Art. 13(4) inserted (1.4.2016) by The Tuberculosis (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/328), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 7 (with art. 3)

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 13 in force at 25.5.2010, see art. 1