Article 14 Tuberculosis test recordsI1

England and Wales

(1)

Where a skin test has been applied to a bovine animal, the Welsh Ministers must, as soon as practicable after the results of the test have been read by an inspector F1or an approved veterinary surgeon, give the keeper of that animal a written record of the results.

(2)

Paragraph (1) does not apply to animals in respect of which movement is, or remains, prohibited under this Order following the test.

(3)

The keeper must—

(a)

retain the record of the results of the test for a period of 3 years and 60 days beginning with the day following the date of injection of tuberculin; and

(b)

produce such record when requested to do so by an inspector.

F2(4)

Where a bovine herd F3becomes or ceases to be a restricted herd the Welsh Ministers may publish information regarding that herd in any form that the Welsh Ministers see fit for the purpose of helping other persons to protect against the further spread of tuberculosis.

F4(5)

The Welsh Ministers may publish information regarding how long a bovine herd has had officially tuberculosis-free status in any form that the Welsh Ministers see fit for the purpose of helping other persons to protect against the further spread of tuberculosis.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in art. 14(1) inserted (6.4.2014) by The Tuberculosis (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/632), arts. 1(3), 2(6)
F2: Art. 14(4) inserted (2.11.2015) by The Tuberculosis (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1773), arts. 1(3), 2(4)
F3: Words in art. 14(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/372), regs. 1(2), 3(5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4: Art. 14(5) inserted (1.2.2024) by The Tuberculosis (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1423), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 4 (with art. 3)

Commencement

I1: Art. 14 in force at 25.5.2010, see art. 1