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  "heading": "Confirmation of TSE in sheep",
  "text": "(1) If it is confirmed that a suspect sheep, or a body of a sheep monitored under Annex III to the Community TSE Regulation, is affected with a TSE, the Secretary of State, after—\n(a) carrying out the inquiry specified in Article 13(1)(b) of the Community TSE Regulation and in point 1(b) of Annex VII to that Regulation; and\n(b) sampling the animals to establish their genotype (if this is necessary),\nshall decide which of the options set out in points 2(b)(i) and (ii) of Annex VII to the Community TSE Regulation she intends to exercise.\n(2) She shall then serve a notice on the occupier of the holding informing him of which of the options in those paragraphs she intends to exercise.\n(3) The notice shall specify—\n(a) the identity of the animals to be killed and destroyed;\n(b) the identity of the animals (if any) to be slaughtered for human consumption;\n(c) the identity of the animals (if any) that may be retained;\n(d) the identity of any ovum or embryo to be destroyed;\n(e) the time limit for complying with the notice; and\n(f) the right to apply for a derogation in accordance with paragraph 22(2).\n(4) The appeals procedure in regulation 14 applies.",
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