The Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (Wales) Order 2024

Collective BVD status of herds

20.—(1) For the purposes of this Order, a bovine herd has either—

(a) a collective BVD status of not negative,

(b) a collective BVD status of negative, or

(c) no collective BVD status.

(2) Subject to article 22, a bovine herd has a collective BVD status of not negative—

(a) at any time that paragraph (4) applies to the herd, or

(b) where the operator of an approved laboratory has by notice under articles 28(b), 31(1)(b)(ii) or 34(b)(ii) informed the Welsh Ministers that the herd has a collective BVD status of not negative.

(3) A bovine herd has a collective BVD status of negative—

(a) at any time paragraph (4) does not apply to the herd, and

(b) where the operator of an approved laboratory has by notice under articles 28(a), 31(1)(a)(ii) or 34(a)(ii) informed the Welsh Ministers that the herd has a collective BVD status of negative.

(4) This article applies where—

(a) the herd contains a bovine animal which has an individual BVD status of positive,

(b) the herd contains a bovine animal which has an individual BVD status of persistently infected, or

(c) the keeper of the bovine herd has not complied with any obligations applicable to the herd in article 25 (Sampling of bovine herds in accordance with compliance deadlines).

(5) The bovine herd has no collective BVD status in all other cases.

(6) In this article, any reference to a “notice” means the most recent notice submitted by the operator of an approved laboratory to the Welsh Ministers under articles 28, 31 or 34.