{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-regulations-northern-ireland-2018/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2018/213",
  "legislation_title": "The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-regulations-northern-ireland-2018",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "TSE requirements",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of Article 11, any person who has in their possession or under their control any animal suspected of being infected with a TSE must immediately notify the Department and detain it on such premises as the Department may specify until it has been examined by a veterinary inspector.\n(2) Any veterinary surgeon who examines or inspects any such animal must, with all practical speed, notify the Department.\n(3) Any person who examines the carcase of an animal in a laboratory and who reasonably suspects the presence of a TSE must immediately notify the Department and retain the carcase until a veterinary inspector has authorised disposal.\n(4) Any person must comply with the TSE requirements identified in Schedule 1, and—\n(a) any instructions given by an inspector and co-operate with the Department in delivering the TSE monitoring requirements as set out in Annex III;\n(b) any instructions given by an inspector and co-operate with the Department in taking action to control and eradicate TSE as set out in Annex VII;\n(c) the requirements in Annex IV for the production, use of equipment, packaging, storage and transport of animal feed;\n(d) Annex IV animal feeding requirements;\n(e) the prohibitions concerning animal feeding contained in Article 7, unless the animal feed products are produced using production and manufacturing processes approved by the EU Commission;\n(f) with the requirements for dealing with specified risk material contained in Article 8 and Annex V and Schedule 7;\n(g) the restrictions set down in Schedule 8; and\n(h) the provisions in Annex VIII concerning the placement of animals or products on the market or for export.\n(5) Failure to comply with this regulation is an offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2018/213/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:48:03.202378+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}