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Article 14 Restriction on movement etc. subsequent to positive or inconclusive test results

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(1)

Paragraph (2) applies where—

(a)

a diagnostic test for tuberculosis is applied to a bovine animal,

(b)

the results of that test are read by an inspector or approved veterinary surgeon,

(c)

the inspector or approved veterinary surgeon is satisfied that the test results reveal that the bovine animal is either a reactor, or an inconclusive reactor, and

(d)

the keeper is informed of the test results by a person who has received consent to test under article 35(a).

(2)

Where this paragraph applies, the keeper must ensure that—

(a)

no such animal may be moved on or off the premises on which it is kept, except under the authority of a licence issued by a veterinary inspector,

(b)

every reactor and inconclusive reactor is kept in isolation,

(c)

no milk from a reactor is placed in a bulk milk tank, and

(d)

where the reactor is kept on premises with a dairy herd of bovine animals, any commercial buyer of the milk from the herd in which the reactor was found is informed that the herd is subject to restrictions under this article as no longer considered to be free from tuberculosis.

(3)

Each of the restrictions or requirements in paragraph 2(a) to (d) remain in force until a veterinary inspector serves a notice amending or withdrawing that restriction or requirement.