# The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Compensation Order 1996, Paragraph 3

Extent: E+W+S

In this Schedule “closed herd” means a herd into which no female bovine animal has been introduced during the period beginning on 15th October 1990 and ending on the date on which the first exposed animal in the herd was slaughtered.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3184/schedule/2/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-spongiform-encephalopathy-compensation-order-1996/schedule-2/paragraph-3
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