The Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (Scotland) Order 2013

Made: 8th January 2013

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 10th January 2013

Coming into force: 9th February 2013

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PART 1 — Preliminary

Citation, commencement and extent

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Interpretation

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Notices and other instruments

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Extension of definition of “disease”

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Approval of veterinary surgeons

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PART 2 — BVD screening

CHAPTER 1 — General provisions

Approval of laboratories

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Suspension and revocation of approval of laboratories

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Management tags

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CHAPTER 2 — Sampling and testing requirements

Obligations to sample and submit for testing

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Compliance deadlines

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Taking of samples

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Decision on type of sample to take

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Persons authorised to take milk samples

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Submission of samples

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Qualifying calves

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Movement of a qualifying calf

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CHAPTER 3 — Testing requirements

Duties of operators of approved laboratories – breeding herds or breeding bovine animals

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Duties of operators of approved laboratories – qualifying calves

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Approved laboratories - record keeping and disclosure

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PART 3 — Reporting of tests

Reporting of tests for presence of BVDV

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PART 4 — BVD findings and status

BVD status of a breeding herd or breeding bovine animal

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Notification where BVD finding is “not negative”

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Change of BVD finding by approved veterinary surgeon

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PART 5 — Maintenance and provision of information

Maintenance and provision of information

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PART 6 — Enforcement and offences

Interpretation of Part 6

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Enforcement

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Powers of entry

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Powers of inspectors

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Offences by bodies corporate

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PART 7 — Revocation, transitional and savings provisions

Revocation, transitional and savings provisions

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SCHEDULE — TRANSITIONAL AND SAVINGS PROVISIONS

Testing and sampling requirements – first compliance deadline

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Testing and sampling requirements – second and subsequent compliance deadlines

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Qualifying calves

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Approvals of laboratories

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Approvals of veterinary surgeons

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Operators of approved laboratories

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Approved laboratories – record keeping and disclosure

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BVD status

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Change of BVD finding by approved veterinary surgeon

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Signed

RICHARD LOCHHEAD — A member of the Scottish Government — 8th January 2013

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1981 c.22. Powers to make Orders under these sections were originally conferred on “the Ministers”, as defined in section86(1) of the Animal Health Act 1981. The functions of the Ministers were, so far as within devolved competence, transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section53 of the Scotland Act1998 (c.46).

[^f00002]: S.S.I. 2007/174, amended byS.S.I. 2007/312 and2011/412 andS.I. 2011/1043.

[^f00004]: 2000 c.7. Section15 was amended by the Communications Act2003 (c.21), section406 and Schedule17, paragraph158.

[^f00005]: The definition was so extended byS.S.I. 2012/78, which is revoked by article 30 of this Order.

Editorial notes

[^key-a2f784737e9507fc3a95a4ac5e386b45]: Order revoked (1.12.2019) by The Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (Scotland) Order 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/310), arts. 1, 44 (with sch.) [Editorial note: No historical revised versions have been created for amendments to this S.S.I. made prior to its final revocation. A revised version of how the S.I. stood at its first commencement is available and, to see the document content as it originally stood when it was made, select the 'Original (As Made)' version. For further details of the amendments see the List of All Changes available in 'More Resources']