# The Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (Scotland) Order 2013 (revoked) S.S.I. 2013/3 · made 8 January 2013 · revised to 1 December 2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-viral-diarrhoea-scotland-order-2013-revoked/pdf/ssi_20130003_en.pdf; Policy Note https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-viral-diarrhoea-scotland-order-2013-revoked/pdf/ssipn_20130003_en.pdf ## Introductory text Animals Animal Health Made 8th January 2013 Laid before the Scottish Parliament 10th January 2013 Coming into force 9th February 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: Preliminary ## 1 Citation, commencement and extent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Notices and other instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Extension of definition of “disease” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Approval of veterinary surgeons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: BVD screening ### Chapter 1: General provisions ## 6 Approval of laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Suspension and revocation of approval of laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Management tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: Sampling and testing requirements ## 9 Obligations to sample and submit for testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Compliance deadlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Taking of samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Decision on type of sample to take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Persons authorised to take milk samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Submission of samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Qualifying calves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Movement of a qualifying calf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 3: Testing requirements ## 17 Duties of operators of approved laboratories – breeding herds or breeding bovine animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Duties of operators of approved laboratories – qualifying calves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Approved laboratories - record keeping and disclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Reporting of tests ## 20 Reporting of tests for presence of BVDV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: BVD findings and status ## 21 BVD status of a breeding herd or breeding bovine animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Notification where BVD finding is “not negative” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Change of BVD finding by approved veterinary surgeon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: Maintenance and provision of information ## 24 Maintenance and provision of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: Enforcement and offences ## 25 Interpretation of Part 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Powers of entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Powers of inspectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Offences by bodies corporate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: Revocation, transitional and savings provisions ## 30 Revocation, transitional and savings provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule: TRANSITIONAL AND SAVINGS PROVISIONS ## 1 Testing and sampling requirements – first compliance deadline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Testing and sampling requirements – first compliance deadline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Testing and sampling requirements – second and subsequent compliance deadlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Qualifying calves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Approvals of laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Approvals of veterinary surgeons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Operators of approved laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Approved laboratories – record keeping and disclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 BVD status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Change of BVD finding by approved veterinary surgeon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2013/3 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-viral-diarrhoea-scotland-order-2013-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.