# The Brucellosis (Scotland) Amendment Order 1987, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Brucellosis (Scotland) Order 1979 (“the 1979 Order”). Article 20 of the 1979 Order prohibits a cattle dealer from using any premises for the keeping of cattle in connection with his business as a dealer unless they have first been approved by a veterinary inspector or officer of the Secretary of State. This Order extends that provision so as to prohibit any person who regularly purchases pregnant cattle for resale within 30 days of their expected date of calving or within 30 days of their having calved from using any premises for keeping any such cattle unless they have been similarly approved. It also amends the definition of “cattle dealer” so as to remove the exemption previously enjoyed by those dealers who intend to rear, fatten or breed cattle.
Article 21 of the 1979 Order allowed notice to be given to owners or persons in charge of cattle kept on any premises or to the occupiers of such premises, requiring them to ensure that cattle did not come into contact with other animals. This Order substitutes for this a provision enabling a veterinary inspector or officer of the Secretary of State to require the occupier or person in charge of any premises on which is kept any animal he reasonably believes is infected with brucellosis, or the owner or other person in charge of cattle kept on those premises, to keep that animal under control in a specified manner or to confine it to a specified part of the premises.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/135/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/brucellosis-scotland-amendment-order-1987/note
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