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Paragraph 5

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An animal which shows any of the conditions mentioned in paragraph 3(a) and (b) of this Schedule shall be taken to and kept in that part of the lairage provided for the isolation of animals which are diseased or injured or suspected of being diseased or injured. Unless following a subsequent ante-mortem health inspection the official veterinary surgeon passes the animal as fit for slaughter for human consumption, he may require that it shall be slaughtered and dressed in the accommodation or alternatively using the method of operation and facilities referred to in paragraph 2(b) of Schedule 1.