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

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.