Slaughter of a suspect animal
3.—(1) For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) of Article 12 of the Community TSE Regulation, if a veterinary inspector suspects that a sheep or goat is affected with a TSE, they must either—
(a)kill it on the holding immediately;
(b)serve a notice prohibiting the animal from being moved from the holding until it has been killed; or
(c)serve a notice directing the owner 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 the holding, it is an offence to remove the body from the holding except in accordance with a written direction from an inspector.