PART 3SBVD Control

Collective BVD status of breeding herdsS

27.—(1) For the purposes of this Order, a breeding herd either—

(a)has a collective BVD status of not negative, or

(b)has a collective BVD status of negative.

(2) Subject to article 29, a breeding herd has collective BVD status of not negative—

(a)at any time that paragraph (4) applies to the herd, or

(b)where the operator of an approved laboratory has by notice under article 22(1)(b) or 22(2)(b)(ii) informed the Scottish Ministers that the herd has a collective BVD status of not negative.

(3) A breeding herd has a collective BVD status of negative—

(a)at any time paragraph (4) does not apply to the herd, and

(b)where the operator of an approved laboratory has by notice informed the Scottish Ministers that the herd has a collective BVD status of negative under article 22(1)(a).

(4) This article applies where—

(a)the herd contains a bovine animal which has an individual BVD status of positive,

(b)the herd is kept on the same holding as any bovine animal which is a high risk animal and has no individual BVD status, or

(c)the keeper of the herd has not complied with any obligations applicable to the herd in article 9.

(5) In this article, any reference to a “notice” means the most recent notice submitted by the operator of an approved laboratory to the Scottish Ministers under article 22 and supersedes any previous notice.