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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-scotland-regulations-2010/schedule-4/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-scotland-regulations-2010/schedule-4/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2010/177",
  "legislation_title": "The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Scotland) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-scotland-regulations-2010",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Action following confirmation of TSE in sheep",
  "text": "(1) When it is confirmed that a suspect sheep or the body of a sheep monitored under Annex III to the EU TSE Regulation (monitoring system) has a TSE, and BSE is excluded in accordance with the procedure set out in point 3.2(c) of Chapter C of Annex X to that Regulation (further examination of positive TSE cases), the Scottish Ministers, after—\n(a) carrying out the inquiry specified in point 2.2 of Chapter B of Annex VII to, the EU TSE Regulation (measures following confirmation of the presence of a TSE); and\n(b) sampling the animals to establish their genotype (if this is necessary),\nmust decide which of the options set out in point 2.2 of Chapter B of Annex VII to the EU TSE Regulation they intend to exercise.\n(2) The Scottish Ministers must then serve a notice on the occupier of the holding identifying which of the options in point 2.2 of Chapter B of Annex VII to that Regulation they intend to exercise.\n(3) The notice must specify—\n(a) the identity of the animals to be killed and destroyed;\n(b) the identity of any animals to be slaughtered for human consumption;\n(c) the identity of any animals that may be detained;\n(d) the identity of any ovum or embryo to be destroyed; and\n(e) the time limit for complying with the notice.\n(4) The appeals procedure in regulation 10 applies in relation to any decision of the Scottish Ministers under this paragraph.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in sch. 4 para. 6(1)(a) substituted (23.5.2019) by The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/118), regs. 1, 7(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in sch. 4 para. 6(1) substituted (23.5.2019) by The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/118), regs. 1, 7(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in sch. 4 para. 6(2) substituted (23.5.2019) by The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/118), regs. 1, 7(3)(b)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2010/177/schedule/4/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:55:54.430024+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."
}