# The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations 2006, Paragraph 1: Control and eradication of TSE - notification

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/68/schedule/3/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-regulations-2006/schedule-3/paragraph-1
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