# The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations 2006, Paragraph 2: Consignment and slaughter of an over-age bovine animal

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

If a bovine animal was born or reared in the United Kingdom before 1st August 1996, it is an offence—
(a) to consign it to a slaughterhouse for human consumption (whether the animal is alive or dead); or
(b) to slaughter it for human consumption in a slaughterhouse.

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