{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enzootic-bovine-leukosis-amendment-order-1995/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/13",
  "legislation_title": "The Enzootic Bovine Leukosis (Amendment) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enzootic-bovine-leukosis-amendment-order-1995",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Enzootic Bovine Leukosis Order 1980 by inserting provisions requiring the sampling of milk in order that it may be tested for evidence of the existence of enzootic bovine leukosis. It implements, in relation to milk, those provisions of Council Directive 64/432/EEC (OJ No. L121, 29.7.64, p. 1977; Special Edition 1963 – 64 p. 164), as amended (on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine) and Council Directive 77/391/EEC (OJ No. L145, 13.6.77, p. 44), as amended, (introducing Community measures for the eradication of brucellosis, tuberculosis and leucosis in cattle), which require the operation of a monitoring and testing programme in order to achieve officially enzootic bovine leukosis-free status under those Directives.\nThe inserted provisions provide that: if any laboratory examination of a sample from a bovine animal identifies evidence of the existence of enzootic bovine leukosis, the Divisional Veterinary Officer is to be notified of that fact forthwith; those purchasing milk for resale in any form have the responsibility for quarterly sampling of the milk from the herd from which they purchase milk and for dispatching the samples to either the animal health laboratory of Genus Ltd. or to a nominated laboratory so that they may be tested for evidence of the existence of enzootic bovine leukosis; the milk samples are to be labelled according to particular requirements; and, the appropriate laboratory is required to notify the Minister forthwith of milk samples which test positive or inconclusive and to keep records of and to provide to the Minister, on a quarterly and six-monthly basis, certain details relating to the testing (article 2).\nFailure to comply with the provisions of the Enzootic Bovine Leukosis Order 1980 (as now amended) is an offence under the Animal Health Act 1981 and is punishable under section 75 of that Act.\nA Compliance Cost Assessment has been prepared and a copy placed in the library of each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/13/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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