Biosecurity (National Bovine Tuberculosis Pest Management Plan) Order 1998.
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Abstract
This Order sets out the National Bovine Tuberculosis Pest Management Strategy.
Mycobacterium bovis, the organism which causes the disease of bovine tuberculosis, is the pest to be managed in accordance with the strategy. The strategy provides for the surveillance of herds, the testing of cattle and deer for bovine tuberculosis, and, where tests are positive, the slaughter of cattle and deer with bovine tuberculosis, the control of movement of cattle and deer, and vector control activities. The management agency responsible for implementing the strategy is the Animal Health Board.
Mycobacterium bovis, the organism which causes the disease of bovine tuberculosis, is the pest to be managed in accordance with the strategy. The strategy provides for the surveillance of herds, the testing of cattle and deer for bovine tuberculosis, and, where tests are positive, the slaughter of cattle and deer with bovine tuberculosis, the control of movement of cattle and deer, and vector control activities. The management agency responsible for implementing the strategy is the Animal Health Board.
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Entry into force notes
This Order enters into force on 1 July 1998.
Notes
The Biosecurity (National Bovine Tuberculosis Pest Management Strategy) Order 1998 has been renamed the Biosecurity (National Bovine Tuberculosis Pest Management Plan) Order 1998 (SR 1998/179).Last amendments up to Biosecurity (National Bovine Tuberculosis Pest Management Plan) Amendment Order 2016 (LI 2016/112). Reprinted as at 1 August 2016.
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