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Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997
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- Northern Ireland Statutory Rules
- 1997 No. 493
- Part V
- Regulation 16
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Conditions on the admission of diseased or injured animals
16.—(1) A person shall not send an animal which he knows or suspects to be diseased or injured to a slaughterhouse unless he has given the occupier of the slaughterhouse reasonable notice of his intention to send it.
(2) A person shall not bring into, or permit to be brought into, a slaughterhouse any animal which he knows or suspects to be diseased or injured unless—
(a)he has already ensured that it is accompanied by a written declaration signed by the owner or person in charge of it containing the information specified in Schedule 18; and
(b)that declaration is handed to a Meat Inspector or an OVS as soon as is practical after the animal’s arrival at the slaughterhouse.
(3) The occupier of the slaughterhouse shall ensure that on arrival at the slaughterhouse the animal—
(a)is slaughtered without delay following ante-mortem inspection; or
(b)is taken without delay under the direction of a Meat Inspector or the OVS to that part of the lairage provided for the isolation of diseased or injured animals.
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