Article 31 Notification of test resultsI1

England and Wales

(1)

Following completion of a test under article 30, the operator of the approved laboratory must by notice inform the keeper, the Welsh Ministers and the veterinary surgeon of each test result and—

(a)

where BVDV is not present in the sample,

(i)

that the animal has an individual BVD status of negative, and

(ii)

if each animal forming part of the herd returns an individual BVD status of negative, that the collective status of the herd will change to negative, or

(b)

where BVDV is present in the sample—

(i)

that the animal has an individual BVD status of positive, and

(ii)

that the herd to which it belongs has a collective BVD status of not negative.

(2)

In all other cases, the bovine animal has no individual BVD status.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 31 in force at 1.7.2024, see art. 1(3)