# The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018, Paragraph 5: Destruction without sampling


Any person who destroys the body of a bovine animal to which paragraph 2(1) applies before it has undergone sampling at an approved TSE sampling site, except in accordance with a direction of the Department, commits an offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2018/213/schedule/2/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-regulations-northern-ireland-2018/schedule-2/paragraph-5
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