Consignment and slaughter of an over-age bovine animalE+W
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6.—(1) If a bovine animal was born or reared in the United Kingdom before 1st August 1996, a person must not—
(a)consign it to a slaughterhouse for human consumption (whether the animal is alive or dead);
(b)slaughter it for human consumption.
(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), a bovine animal is deemed to have been born or reared in the United Kingdom before 1st August 1996 unless its cattle passport shows either that—
(a)it was born in the United Kingdom on or after 1st August 1996, or
(b)it first entered the United Kingdom on or after 1st August 1996.