Paragraph 1 Control and eradication of TSE - notificationI1

England and Wales Not yet in force

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 3 para. 1 coming into force by Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 2006 reg. 1
Sch. 3 para. 2 coming into force by Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 2006 reg. 1
Sch. 3 para. 3 coming into force by Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 2006 reg. 1
Sch. 3 para. 4 coming into force by Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 2006 reg. 1
Sch. 3 para. 5 coming into force by Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 2006 reg. 1
Sch. 3 para. 6 coming into force by Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 2006 reg. 1
Sch. 3 para. 7 coming into force by Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 2006 reg. 1
Sch. 3 para. 8 coming into force by Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 2006 reg. 1
Sch. 3 para. 9 coming into force by Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 2006 reg. 1
Sch. 3 para. 10 coming into force by Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 2006 reg. 1

(1)

For the purposes of Article 11 of the Community TSE Regulation, any person who has in his possession or under his control any bovine animal suspected of being affected by a TSE shall immediately notify the Secretary of State and detain it on the premises until it has been examined by a veterinary inspector.

(2)

Any veterinary surgeon who examines any such animal shall, with all practical speed, notify the Secretary of State.

(3)

Any person (other than the Secretary of State) who examines the body of any bovine animal, or any part of it, in a laboratory and who reasonably suspects the presence of a TSE shall immediately notify the Secretary of State, and retain the body and any parts of it until a veterinary inspector has authorised disposal.

(4)

Failure to comply with this paragraph is an offence.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 3 para. 1 in force at 1.3.2006, see reg. 1