# The Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (Wales) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/753 (W. 105)) (“the 2024 Order”).
Article 2(2) amends article 40(2) of the 2024 Order allowing keepers themselves to take ear tag samples of tissue (in accordance with article 13 of the 2024 Order) from calves that are aged 20 days or less at the point the sample is taken, for the purpose of pre-movement testing.
Article 2(3) amends article 41(2) of the 2024 Order allowing keepers themselves to take ear tag samples of tissue (in accordance with article 13 of the 2024 Order) from animals for the purpose of post-movement testing.
The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to this Order. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with this Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/110/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-viral-diarrhoea-wales-amendment-order-2026/note
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