Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Order 2012

• Jurisdiction: Ireland

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 28th December, 2012.

I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3, 13, 19, 20 and 28 (as amended by section 6 of the Diseases of Animals (Amendment) Act 2001 (No. 3 of 2001) of the Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (No. 6 of 1966) as adapted by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 455 of 2011 ) hereby order as follows:

Citation

1. This Order may be cited as the Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Order 2012 and comes into operation on 1 January 2013.

Interpretation

2. In this Order—

“approved tag” means a tag within the meaning of the European Communities (Identification of Bovines) Regulations 2009;

“Minister” means Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine;

“submit” in relation to a sample means submission of the sample with any ancillary documentation, fee or other material required by a designated laboratory;

“supplementary tag” means a tag other than an approved tag that includes a robust container that operates in such a manner that when the tag is attached to a bovine, the tag takes a sample from the bovine, seals itself or is sealable in the container without interfering with the integrity of the sample and has marked on it the identification of the bovine;

“tissue tag” means an approved tag that includes a robust container that operates in such a manner that when the tag is attached to a bovine the tag takes a sample from the bovine, seals itself or is sealable in the container without interfering with the integrity of the sample and has marked on it the identification of the bovine.

Duty to test

3. A person who has a bovine born on or after 1 January 2013 in his or her possession or under his or her control shall no later than 20 days after the birth of the bovine take a sample from the bovine using a tissue tag or supplementary tag and shall as soon as possible, but in any event within such period, as recommended by the designated laboratory to which it is to be submitted submit the sample to that designated laboratory for testing for the bovine viral diarrhoea virus.

Inadequate or missing sample

4. If a person having possession or being in control of a bovine which has been sampled in accordance with Article 3 is advised by a designated laboratory that the sample could not be subjected to analysis, he or she—

(a) shall take a sample from the bovine using a supplementary tag, or

(b) cause a blood sample to be taken from the bovine,

and shall, as soon as possible, but in any event within such period as is recommended by the designated laboratory to which it is to be submitted, submit or cause the sample to be submitted, to that designated laboratory for analysis for the bovine viral diarrhoea virus.

Dead, aborted or stillborn bovines

5. If a bovine is aborted or stillborn or if a bovine which is required to be sampled in accordance with Article 3 dies prior to being sampled, the person having possession or control of that bovine or foetus shall take a sample from the bovine or foetus using a tissue tag or supplementary tag and shall as soon as possible but in any event within such period as is recommended by the designated laboratory to which it is to be submitted, submit the sample to that designated laboratory for testing for the bovine viral diarrhoea virus.

Where sampling or re-sampling is not possible

6. Where a person having possession or control of a bovine which is required to be sampled under Article 3, 4 or 5 is unable to take a...