# The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018, Regulation 4: Exception for research


(1) The provisions of Schedules 2 to 8 do not apply in relation to an animal, a carcase or a sample kept for the purposes of research in premises approved for that purpose under this regulation by the Department.
(2) If a bovine, ovine or caprine animal, kept in approved research premises under this regulation or its progeny dies or is killed, the occupier must dispose of it as a Category 1 animal by-product in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 1069/2009 and failure to do so is an offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2018/213/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-regulations-northern-ireland-2018/regulation-4
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