Regulation 18 Conditions on the admission of diseased or injured animals
No person shall bring into, or permit to be brought into, a slaughterhouse any animal which he knows or suspects to be diseased or injured unless—
(a)
he has already ensured that such animal is accompanied by a written declaration signed by the owner or person in charge of the animal containing the information specified in Schedule 18 and that declaration is handed to an inspector or an official veterinary surgeon on its arrival at the slaughterhouse; and
(b)
on arrival at the slaughterhouse the animal is either—
(i)
slaughtered without delay; or
(ii)
taken without delay under the direction of an inspector or the official veterinary surgeon to that part of the lairage provided for the isolation of such animals.