| Guvnor

Enforced by: APHA
Status: In Force
Penalty ceiling: Regulated 1 of 21 obligations carry a criminal penalty. 20 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Farmer or Animal Keeper6 Any Person6 Occupier1 Director or Officer1

Plus 7 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Farmer or Animal Keeper — also bound by 80 other Acts

Arable Area Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 24 duties

The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Loch Lomond) Designation Order 1987 17 duties

The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Lleyn Peninsula) Designation Order 1987 14 duties

The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Shetland Islands) Designation Order 1993 12 duties

The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Scotland) Orders Amendment Order 1994 11 duties

Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts

Human Medicines Regulations 2012 184 duties

Merchant Shipping Act 1995 144 duties

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 104 duties

Communications Act 2003 92 duties

Road Traffic Act 1988 92 duties

Occupier — also bound by 235 other Acts

The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021 47 duties

Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (England) (No. 2) Order 2006 46 duties

The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995 34 duties

Highways Act 1980 23 duties

Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2015 19 duties

Director or Officer — also bound by 429 other Acts

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 162 duties

Companies Act 2006 126 duties

Insolvency Act 1986 77 duties

The Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 68 duties

Building Societies Act 1986 32 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

Part 1

Introductory provisions

0 of 4 sections shown

4 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.001 Citation, commencement and extent

s.002 Interpretation

s.003 Approval of veterinary surgeons

s.004 Extension of definition of “disease” and power to slaughter on account of tuberculosis

Part 2

Notification

3 of 3 sections shown

s.005 Notification of disease in bovine animals Regulated

Notify authorities and isolate animals suspected of having tuberculosisAny Person

s.006 Notification of disease in carcases Regulated

Report and isolate carcases suspected of having tuberculosisAny Person

s.007 Veterinary inquiry Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

APHA must investigate suspected tuberculosis in animals or carcassesStatutory regulator

Part 3

Testing of bovine animals

5 of 9 sections shown

s.010 Post-movement testing Regulated

Test cattle for TB after moving them to Scotland from high-incidence areasFarmer or Animal Keeper

s.013 Restriction on movement after application of test Regulated

Do not move cattle until TB test results are confirmedAny Person

s.014 Restriction on movement etc. subsequent to positive or inconclusive test results Regulated

Isolate TB-positive cattle and restrict movementsFarmer or Animal Keeper

s.015 Reporting test results Regulated

Report bovine tuberculosis test results to Scottish MinistersAny Person

s.016 Obstruction Regulated

Do not interfere with or obstruct tuberculosis diagnostic testsAny Person

4 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.008 Meaning of premises

s.009 Pre-movement testing

s.011 Premises situated partly in Scotland and partly in England

s.012 Application of test

Part 4

Prevention of spread of infection

0 of 3 sections shown

3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.017 Precautions against spread of infection

s.018 Suspected bovine animals in shows, exhibitions etc.

s.019 Control of infection from other animals

Part 5

Slaughter and compensation

7 of 9 sections shown

s.020 Notification of intended slaughter of bovine animals Regulated

Isolate and detain cattle pending slaughter for tuberculosisFarmer or Animal Keeper

s.021 Compensation – general provision Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Scottish Ministers must pay compensation for slaughtered cattleCrown / Minister / Government department

s.022 Ascertainment of market value Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Scottish Ministers must determine bovine animal market value for TB compensationCrown / Minister / Government department

s.024 Compensation for animals subject to movement restrictions Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Scottish Ministers must notify and justify reduced TB compensationCrown / Minister / Government department

s.025 Compensation for animals subject to isolation requirements Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Scottish Ministers must notify keepers of reduced TB compensationCrown / Minister / Government department

s.026 Reduced compensation for testing delays Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Scottish Ministers must notify you of reduced TB compensation and explain whyCrown / Minister / Government department

s.027 Reduced compensation for presentation of unclean animal for slaughter Regulated

Keep animals clean for slaughter to avoid compensation cutsFarmer or Animal Keeper

2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.023 Compensation for bovine animals slaughtered for tuberculosis

s.028 Review of decision to pay reduced compensation etc.

Part 6

Administration and enforcement

6 of 13 sections shown

s.030 Tuberculosis testing and facilitating examinations etc. Regulated

Facilitate tuberculosis testing and examinations of bovine animalsFarmer or Animal Keeper

s.031 Default Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Scottish Ministers may seize livestock and restrict movement on defaultCrown / Minister / Government department

s.032 Marking of bovine animals Regulated

Mark bovine animals as required by a veterinary inspectorFarmer or Animal Keeper

s.034 Prohibition on removal of manure, slurry etc. Regulated

Do not remove animal waste from restricted premises without a licenceOccupier

s.035 Prohibition on testing, vaccination and therapeutic treatment Regulated

Do not test, vaccinate, or treat cattle for TB without government consentAny Person

s.038 Offences by bodies corporate Regulated

Corporate liability for tuberculosis offence with consent or neglectDirector or Officer

7 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.029 Notices, licences etc.

s.033 Prohibition on movement of bovine animals

s.036 Identification of M. bovis in a laboratory

s.037 Enforcement by local authority

s.039 Revocations

s.040 Consequential amendments

s.041 Transitional provisions

1 other provision

s.revocations REVOCATIONS

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.

Tuberculosis (Scotland) Order 2023

Does it bind you?

Other Acts binding the same actors

What it requires

Introductory provisions

Notification

Testing of bovine animals

Prevention of spread of infection

Slaughter and compensation

Administration and enforcement