Bluetongue: declaration
Declaration to allow farmers to vaccinate their animals against bluetongue.
The Bluetongue (Scotland) Order 2012
Declaration of Area in Which Voluntary Vaccination Against Bluetongue is Permitted
1. This declaration is made under articles 3(1), 4(1) and 24(1) of the Bluetongue (Scotland) Order 2012([1]) ("the 2012 Order").
2. In accordance with article 24(2) of the 2012 Order this declaration is made based on the result of a specific risk assessment carried out by the Scottish Ministers.
3. The Scottish Ministers declare that the whole of Scotland, being a free area, is an area in which voluntary vaccination against bluetongue is permitted.
4. The permission to vaccinate is on the condition that vaccination must be done using a vaccine:
(a) which is not a live attenuated vaccine, and
(b) is not one of the following vaccines:
(i) Syzavul BTV3,
(ii) BLUEVAC-3,
(iii) Bultavao-3.
5. The declaration of an area in which voluntary vaccination against bluetongue is permitted, made by Scottish Ministers on 12 September 2012, is revoked.
6. Terms used in this declaration have the same meaning as they have in the 2012 Order.
7. This declaration comes into force at the beginning of the day on the day after which it is made.
Signed
Sheila Voas
A member of staff of the Scottish Ministers
17 September 2024
([1]) S.S.I. 2012/199. Article 24 was amended by S.S.I. 2019/71.
Contact
If you suspect signs of any notifiable diseases, you must immediately notify your Scotland: field service local office at the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA). Failure to do so is an offence.
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