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Tuberculosis (Deer) Order 1989 (S.I. No. 878 of 1989).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Document type
Regulation
Date
1989
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Animal health Pests/diseases Inspection Data collection/reporting Slaughtering Vaccination Quarantine Offences/penalties Ranching/captive breeding Game Keeping of live animals Wild fauna
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

This Order, made under the Animal Health Act 1981, concerns the control of tuberculosis in deer. It provides for, among other things: (a) the compulsory notification of tuberculosis in deer and in carcases of deer; (b) the investigation by a veterinary inspector; (c) the imposition of certain requirements in respect of deer, including the isolation of affected deer from all other deer and from cattle; (d) the testing of deer; (e) the prohibition of the vaccination and treatment of deer for tuberculosis; the isolation of deer and the cleansing and disinfection of premises; (g) the marking and identification of deer; (h) the prohibition of the exposure for sale in a market of a deer by its owner unless properly marked; and (i) offences.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Amended by

Tuberculosis (Deer) (Amendment) Order 1993 (S.I. No. 2010 of 1993).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1993

Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Marking/identification, Ranching/captive breeding, Keeping of live animals, Wild fauna

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Animal Health (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Order 2013 (S.S.I No. 173 of 2013).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2013

Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Institution, Inspection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Tuberculosis (Deer and Camelid) (England) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 2337 of 2014).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2014

Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Inspection, Camelids, Data collection/reporting, Slaughtering, Vaccination, Quarantine, Offences/penalties, Ranching/captive breeding, Game, Keeping of live animals, Wild fauna

Source: FAO, FAOLEX