# The Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (Scotland) Order 2019, Article 11: Determining compliance deadlines

Extent: S

(1) The first compliance deadline falls on the expiry of the period of 30 consecutive days that the herd or animal has been kept in Scotland as a breeding herd or as a breeding bovine animal.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), each subsequent compliance deadline falls on the final day of the period—
(a) of 7 months (in the case of a dairy breeding herd), or
(b) of 13 months (in all other cases),
after the results of the tests of the samples taken under article 9 or 10 are notified to the Scottish Ministers under article 22.
(3) Where a herd or animal is kept in Scotland as a breeding herd or a breeding bovine animal for a total of less than 30 days between two compliance deadlines—
(a) a compliance deadline will not fall on the later of those compliance deadlines, and
(b) the herd or animal will be treated as not having been kept in Scotland as a breeding herd or breeding bovine animal on that date.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/310/article/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-viral-diarrhoea-scotland-order-2019/article-11
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