Regulation 2(1) of the Cattle Identification Regulations 19986 is amended by substituting for the definition of “notifiable bovine animal” the following definition:–

• ““notifiable bovine animal” means a bovine animal over 24 months of age which has died or has been killed but which was not–

  1. (a)

     killed for destruction pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 716/1996;

  2. (b)

     killed in the framework of an epidemic such as foot-and-mouth disease; or

  3. (c)

     slaughtered for human consumption;”.