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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-regulations-northern-ireland-2018/schedule-2/paragraph-4",
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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": "schedule/2/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Brain stem sampling of the body of a bovine animal (Approved TSE sampling sites)",
  "text": "The operator of an approved TSE sampling site to which the body of a bovine animal has been delivered must—\n(a) take a sample comprising the brain stem for testing in accordance with point 1 of Chapter C of Annex X;\n(b) ensure that the bovine animal from which the sample is taken can be identified; and\n(c) prepare the sample for delivery to an approved testing laboratory,\nand failure to do so 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/schedule/2/paragraph/4",
    "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."
}