Article 3 Amendment of the principal Order from 1 February 2026

in article 2(1) (interpretation) for the definition of “qualifying calf” substitute—

• ““qualifying calf” means a calf of a bovine animal which is born—

  1. (a)

     into a breeding herd to a dam which became part of the herd while the dam was pregnant with the calf,

  2. (b)

     to a dam which—

     1. (i)

        is a breeding bovine animal, and

     2. (ii)

        moved onto the holding where the calf was born while the dam was pregnant with the calf, or

  3. (c)

     otherwise than into a breeding herd or to a breeding bovine animal.”,

 after article 33 (restrictions on the movement of animals off a holding with a not negative herd or a BVD positive animal) insert—

“Restrictions on the movement of animals onto a holding with a not negative herd where sampling obligations are missed

33A

(1)

This article applies to the keeper of a breeding herd to which article 12 applies, where the keeper has failed to comply with the obligation in article 12(3).

(2)

The keeper must not, during the relevant period, move (or arrange to move) any bovine animal onto the holding where the breeding herd to which article 12 applies is kept, unless the movement is under a licence granted by a veterinary inspector or the Scottish Ministers.

(3)

In paragraph (2), “the relevant period” is the period—

(a)

beginning with the day after the expiry of the period of 13 months starting on the date on which article 12 first applied to the breeding herd, and

(b)

ending on the date on which article 12 ceases to apply to the breeding herd in accordance with article 12(2).”.