Article 32H Powers of slaughter: TSEF1

(1)

With a view to—

(a)

preventing the spread of;

(b)

controlling; or

(c)

eliminating,

any form of TSE, the Department may, if it thinks fit, cause any livestock to which this paragraph applies to be slaughtered.

(2)

Paragraph (1) applies to livestock—

(a)

whose genotype is specified by virtue of Article 32A; and

(b)

in relation to whose genotype the form of TSE concerned is so specified.

(3)

Paragraph (1) also applies to livestock whose genotype is not ascertained because—

(a)

it is not reasonable in the circumstances, by reason of urgency or otherwise, to seek to ascertain the genotype; or

(b)

the genotype cannot, in the absence for the time being of scientific knowledge, established method or otherwise, reasonably be ascertained.

Annotations

F1: Pt. 2A (arts. 32A-32J) inserted (12.3.2010) by Diseases of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 1), ss. 3, 22(1), Sch. 1; S.R. 2010/70, art. 2