THE case of a vet who is to contest charges relating to alleged false documentation and fraud over a TB Reactor test will be heard on Wednesday (March 6).
Christopher McClelland Welsh (58), whose address was given as Erne Veterinary Group at Tempo Road, Enniskillen, is charged with intent to unlawfully evade a section of the Tuberculosis (Examination and Testing) Scheme Order 1999 by knowingly altering, falsely making, antedating or counterfeiting a licence, declaration, certificate, or instrument.
It is further alleged he made an article, namely a BT15 and BT23 record, which declared that an animal was a Tuberculosis reactor, knowing that it was designed or adapted for use in the course of or in connection with fraud.
Offending is alleged to have occurred on December 22, 2022.
Welsh had previously entered ‘not guilty’ pleas to the charges, and an earlier hearing revealed that a contest could take up to three days. 
A date for contest was to be decided at Enniskillen Magistrate’s Court last Wednesday, February 28 but a prosecuting barrister asked if the case could be adjourned for a week. 
This was to allow more time for the Public Prosecution Service to seek advice on the case, and speak to the Department of Agriculture regarding it, the barrister said. 
District Judge Alana McSorley ordered that the case be returned on Wednesday, March 6.