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4.—(1) The occupier of a slaughterhouse or other place of slaughter in which a bovine animal to which sub-paragraph (2) applies is slaughtered or processed must—
(a)take, or make arrangements for a sample to be taken, comprising the brain stem for testing in accordance with Chapter C of Annex X;
(b)ensure that the animal (or all parts of it) from which the sample has been taken can be identified; and
(c)arrange for the sample to be delivered to an approved testing laboratory,
and failure to do so is an offence.
(2) This sub-paragraph applies to a bovine animal that—
(a)was born in a country that is not listed in the Annex to Commission Decision 2009/719/EC and is covered by point 2 of Chapter A of Annex III; or
(b)is covered by point (b) of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of Commission Decision 2009/719/EC.
(3) The Welsh Ministers may serve a notice on the occupier of a slaughterhouse or other place of slaughter requiring them to take a sample and send it for testing as required by sub-paragraph (1) from any bovine animal slaughtered there.
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