{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tuberculosis-miscellaneous-amendments-wales-order-2014/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2014/632",
  "legislation_title": "The Tuberculosis (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tuberculosis-miscellaneous-amendments-wales-order-2014",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Tuberculosis (Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1379 (W. 122)) (“the 2010 Order”) and the Tuberculosis (Wales) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/692 (W. 104)) (“the 2011 Order”). It enables the Welsh Ministers to approve veterinary surgeons to carry out certain diagnostic tests for tuberculosis (relevant tests) on bovine, and non-bovine, animals and to examine and mark such animals. It provides for automatic requirements to apply to a keeper where a relevant test reveals a reactor or inconclusive reactor.\nArticles 2(2) and 3(2) introduce into the 2010 and 2011 Orders respectively, a new definition of an “approved veterinary surgeon” and amend the definition of a “relevant test”.\nArticles 2(3) and 3(3) provide for the Welsh Ministers to approve veterinary surgeons.\nArticle 2(4) amends article 12 of the 2010 Order, and article 3(4) amends article 9 of the 2011 Order, by inserting—\n(a) a substituted paragraph (3) which identifies the circumstances when requirements set down in paragraph (3A) apply to the keeper;\n(b) a new paragraph (3B) that provides for an inspector to amend or disapply certain requirements by notice at any time;\n(c) a new paragraph (8) that provides for reporting the results of a non-negative test result to the Welsh Ministers.\nArticle 2(5) enables an approved veterinary surgeon to carry out pre-movement testing of bovine animals.\nArticles 2(7) and 3(6) enables an approved veterinary surgeon to mark, or direct the keeper to mark, bovine and non-bovine animals respectively.\nThe 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2014/632/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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