Welsh Statutory Instrument 2010 United Kingdom

Tuberculosis (Wales) Order 2010 (as amended)

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At a glance

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What's here

12 compliance obligations

Penalty landscape

2 of 12 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 10 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Who this Act binds

Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.

Any Person 7
Occupier 2
Operator 1

Plus 2 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

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What this Act requires

Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.

Part 1 — General

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s.001

Title, commencement and application

s.003

Revocation

s.004

Amendment of the Brucellosis and Tuberculosis (England and Wales) Compensation Order 1978

s.005

Savings and transition

s.approval of veterinary surgeons

Approval of veterinary surgeons

Part 2 — Testing and Movement

s.008

Notification of disease in bovine animals

Report and isolate bovine animals suspected of having Tuberculosis Any Person

s.009

Notification of disease in carcases

Notify authorities and isolate carcases suspected of tuberculosis Any Person

s.012

Tuberculosis testing

Unlimited fine

Comply with tuberculosis (TB) testing and restriction requirements Occupier

s.015

Prohibitions

Unlimited fine

Obtain consent for TB vaccination, testing, and sampling of cattle Any Person

s.017

Notification of intended slaughter of animals

Keep and isolate cattle scheduled for TB slaughter Occupier

s.021

Marking of bovine animals

Mark bovine animals as directed by an inspector Any Person

s.022

Isolation of M. bovis in a laboratory

Notify Welsh Ministers if M. bovis is identified in a laboratory Any Person

s.023

General provisions as to notices, licences and approvals

Comply with conditions in TB notices, licences, or approvals Any Person

s.024

Production of licences

Produce cattle movement licences and personal details upon request Any Person

s.025

Enforcement

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Local authorities and Welsh Ministers must enforce tuberculosis controls Local authority

s.... approved finishing units

... Approved finishing units

Operate and manage an approved finishing unit for restricted cattle Operator

Browse 12 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

s.006

Definition of “disease”

s.007

Tests and samples: warrants

s.010

Veterinary inquiry as to the existence of disease

s.011

Veterinary improvement notice

s.013

Pre-Movement Testing

s.014

Tuberculosis test records

s.016

Isolation and prohibition on movement of animals

s.018

Precautions against spread of infection

s.019

Suspected animals in markets, shows etc

s.020

Control of infection from other animals

s.biosecurity requirements notice

Biosecurity requirements notice

s.post-movement testing

Post-movement testing

Part 3 — Compensation

s.026

Compensation for bovine animals slaughtered for tuberculosis

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Welsh Ministers must pay compensation for slaughtered TB-infected cattle Crown / Minister / Government department

Schedules

Browse 1 other Schedule — structural / supplementary

s.002

Permitted movements without pre-movement testing

Other sections — not classified into a Part

These sections exist in the Act but the contents-of-Parts walker did not place them under a Part. Likely amendments or sections inserted out of the original Part structure.

Browse 1 other unclassified section

s.calculation of the value of a bovine animal slaugh

Calculation of the value of a bovine animal slaughtered for tuberculosis

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