The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2018

Movement restrictionsE+W

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2.—(1) Where the presence of a TSE cannot be discounted in a ovine or caprine animal, a veterinary inspector—

(a)must serve a notice prohibiting the movement onto or from a holding of any or all ovine or caprine animal on the same holding as the suspect ovine or caprine animal if the veterinary inspector considers that the ovine or caprine animal was exposed to a TSE on that holding;

(b)must serve a notice prohibiting the movement of ovine or caprine milk, or ovine or caprine milk products, derived from any ovine or caprine animal present on the holding;

(2) Subsequent movements of restricted animals or products are only permitted in accordance with a licence issued by a veterinary inspector.

(3) A notice served under sub-paragraph (1)(b) does not prohibit the use of milk or milk products within the holding.

(4) When laboratory test results confirm that no animal on a holding is infected with a TSE the inspector must remove all restrictions imposed on that holding.