Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Tuberculosis in Animals (England) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1001) (“the Principal Order”) to—
impose an obligation on a person who makes a notification of the suspicion of tuberculosis under article 5(1) of the Principal Order, if that person is not the keeper of the animal, to notify the keeper of their suspicion (article 2(3));
impose an obligation on the keeper who receives a bovine animal in a specified area (as defined) to arrange a post-movement skin test (article 2(2), (4) and (6));
provide that a post-movement skin test is not required where a bovine animal moves directly to an approved finishing unit or an exempt finishing unit (article 2(4));
provide that a bovine animal can be moved to an exempt finishing unit in addition to the movements already permitted under article 20(4) of the Principal Order, pending the results of a post-skin movement test being available (article 2(5)).
A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available online at https://consult.defra.gov.uk/bovine-tb-2020/eradication-of-btb-england and is also available from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs at Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF.