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SCHEDULE 4N.I.CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF TSE IN OVINE AND CAPRINE ANIMALS

Slaughter of a suspect animalN.I.

3.—(1) For the purposes of Article 12(1) and (2), if a veterinary inspector suspects that an ovine or caprine animal is affected with a TSE, the veterinary inspector must either—

(a)kill it immediately on the premises on which it was kept;

(b)serve a notice prohibiting the animal from being moved from the premises until it has been killed; or

(c)serve a notice directing the occupier to consign it to other premises for killing and prohibiting movement other than in accordance with that direction.

(2) If the animal is killed on any premises in accordance with this paragraph, it is an offence to remove the body from the premises except in accordance with a written direction from an inspector.