# Cattle Identification (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998, Regulation 12: Slaughterhouses

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the operator of a slaughterhouse shall not accept any animal into that slaughterhouse, or slaughter it, unless—
(a) it is identified with eartags in accordance with Article 4.1 of the Council Regulation or, where appropriate, the 1964 Order; or
(b) he does so in accordance with a licence granted by the Department.
(2) If an animal is slaughtered in contravention of paragraph (1), the operator of the slaughterhouse shall dispose of the carcase of the animal as an animal by-product in accordance with the Animal By-Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 unless the Department, on being satisfied as to the identity of the animal concerned, certifies the carcase as fit for human consumption.
(3) The operator of a slaughterhouse shall—
(a) remove the eartags from each animal at the slaughterhouse; and
(b) keep the eartags in a secure place and surrender them to the Department on request.
(4) It shall be the duty of the operator of a slaughterhouse to present to a veterinary inspector on request any animal which has been admitted to the slaughterhouse and afford to him all reasonable facilities for the purpose of inspecting it and, if necessary, removing any eartag from it.
(5) The Department may authorise in writing any person operating a knackery, hide store or hunt kennel to remove any eartag from any carcase in his possession, and upon being so authorised that person shall—
(a) remove the eartags from any such carcase before it leaves the premises; and
(b) keep the eartags in a secure place and surrender them to the Department on request.
(6) The person operating a slaughterhouse shall mark or cause to have marked each animal or carcase admitted to those premises, and after an animal is slaughtered, the carcase of that animal, in a manner considered by the Department to be sufficient to identify at any time the animal or carcase from which the eartag has been removed in accordance with paragraph (3).
(7) Any person who fails to comply with any provision of this regulation shall be guilty of an offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1998/279/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/cattle-identification-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/regulation-12
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