# The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2018, Paragraph 2: Killing of a suspect animal

Extent: E+W

(1) If an animal that is not bovine, ovine or caprine is subject to investigation and subsequently suspected by a veterinary inspector of being infected with a TSE, a veterinary inspector may by notice require—
(a) the isolation of the suspect animal on a particular part of the holding;
(b) the animal to be killed on the holding immediately;
(c) the owner to consign the suspect animal to another holding for killing.
(2) A person must not remove from the holding, or dispose of, the body of such an animal that has been killed except as directed by an inspector.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/731/schedule/5/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-england-regulations-2018/schedule-5/paragraph-2
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