Paragraph 2 Veterinary improvement noticeI1

England and Wales

(1)

This paragraph applies where the keeper of a non-bovine animal has been served with a veterinary improvement notice and fails to comply with one or more of its requirements.

(2)

Where—

(a)

the keeper fails to comply with one requirement in the veterinary improvement notice;

(b)

a non-bovine animal has been tested under article 9 (tuberculosis testing);

(c)

that non-bovine animal has been slaughtered following that test under section 32(1) of the Act as it applies to tuberculosis; and

(d)

that test was applied to the herd that included that non-bovine animal (after the keeper was served with the veterinary improvement notice)—

(i)

for the first time, “B” is 0.75;

(ii)

for the second time, “B” is 0.5; or

(iii)

subsequently, “B” is 0.05.

(3)

Where—

(a)

the keeper fails to comply with more than one requirement in the veterinary improvement notice;

(b)

a non-bovine animal has been tested under article 9;

(c)

that non-bovine animal has been slaughtered under section 32(1) of the Act as it applies to tuberculosis following that test; and

(d)

that test was applied to the herd that included that non-bovine animal, (after the keeper was served with the veterinary improvement notice)—

(i)

for the first time, “B” is 0.5; or

(ii)

subsequently, “B” is 0.05.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. para. 2 in force at 31.3.2011, see art. 1