# The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations 2006, Paragraph 1: Notifications for the purposes of monitoring under Article 6 of the Community TSE Regulation

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

(1) For the purposes of monitoring under Article 6 of the Community TSE Regulation, a person who has in his possession or under his charge the body of a bovine animal that must be tested in accordance with point 3(1) of Part I of Chapter A of Annex III to that Regulation, or the body of any goat aged 18 months or over at death, must—
(a) within 24 hours from the time when the animal dies or was killed or the body comes into his possession or charge notify the Secretary of State; and
(b) detain it until it has been collected by or on behalf of the Secretary of State,
and failure to do so is an offence.
(2) This paragraph does not apply in relation to goats slaughtered for human consumption or killed in accordance with Schedule 4.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/68/schedule/2/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-regulations-2006/schedule-2/paragraph-1
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