• “approved veterinary surgeon” (“milfeddyg cymeradwy”) means a veterinary surgeon who is approved in accordance with article 2A;

• “relevant test” (“prawf perthnasol”) means—

  1. a

     a skin test; or

  2. b

     any other diagnostic test for tuberculosis approved by the Welsh Ministers;

3

The requirements on the keeper in paragraph (3A) apply where—

a

a relevant test has been applied to a bovine animal;

b

the result of that test has been read by an inspector, or an approved veterinary surgeon, and that result communicated to the keeper; and

c

the inspector or the approved veterinary surgeon is satisfied that the test reading reveals the bovine animal to be either a reactor, or an inconclusive reactor.

3A

The requirements are—

a

that no bovine animal be moved on or off the premises on which the reactor or inconclusive reactor is kept except under the authority of a licence issued by an inspector;

b

to ensure that every reactor and inconclusive reactor is isolated from other animals;

c

to permit every reactor to be marked by the person who read the relevant test or by an officer of the Welsh Ministers;

d

not to place any milk from a reactor dairy cow in a bulk milk tank; and

e

where the reactor resides on premises with a milking herd, to inform every commercial buyer which buys milk from that herd of the loss of tuberculosis-free status of the dairy herd.

3B

An inspector may by notice amend or disapply the requirement referred to in paragraph (3A)(a) or (b) at any time.

8

The inspector or approved veterinary surgeon reading the result of a relevant test which reveals a reactor or inconclusive reactor must report such test result as soon as reasonably practicable to the Welsh Ministers.

9

In this article—

• “inconclusive reactor” (“adweithydd amhendant”) means a bovine animal that reveals a non-negative reading when tested for tuberculosis, but is not regarded as a reactor; and

• “loss of tuberculosis-free status” (“colli ei statws rhydd rhag twbercwlosis”) means the herd no longer satisfies the conditions laid down in Annex A.I, paragraphs 1 and 2 of Council Directive 64/432/EEC on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine.

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.

1

If directed to so by an inspector or an approved veterinary surgeon, the keeper must mark any bovine animal in the manner required by the inspector or the approved veterinary surgeon.