Regulation 3 Prohibition of sale of meat from older bovine animals
Subject to paragraph (3), a person shall not sell for human consumption any meat derived from a bovine animal slaughtered on or after 29th March 1996 and which, at the time of slaughter, was more than 2½ years of age.
For the purposes of paragraph (1) the age of a bovine animal shall be ascertained—
in the first instance by reference to records kept in relation to that animal by the Department (in whatever form); or
where necessary, by dentition.
Paragraph (1) shall not apply to meat derived from a bovine animal which—
was accompanied, at the time of slaughter, by a certificate issued under regulation 5(1);
was accompanied on admission to the slaughterhouse, by a veterinary certificate issued under regulation 5(2); or
was born, reared and slaughtered in one of the countries specified in Schedule 2.