Article 4 Activities prohibited in the designated areas

(1)

No person shall in any of the designated areas slaughter any sheep for human consumption or for use in the preparation of feeding stuffs.

(2)

Paragraph (1) above shall not apply in the case of—

(a)

any sheep which was moved on or after 7th September 1987 from any place in accordance with a consent given under section 2(1) of the Food and Environment Protection, Act 1985 which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with an apricot mark; or

(b)

any sheep which—

(i)

was moved on or after 7th September 1987 from any place in accordance with a consent given under section 2(1) of the said Act which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a green mark, or

(ii)

was moved on or after 28th September 1987 from any place in accordance with a consent given under section 2(1) of the said Act which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a blue mark, and which in either case has been examined and marked with an ear-tag by a person authorised in that behalf by one of the Ministers.