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Paragraph 8 Consignment and slaughter of an over-age bovine animal

England and Wales

(1)

If a bovine animal was born or reared in the United Kingdom before 1 August 1996, it is an offence—

(a)

to consign it to a slaughterhouse for human consumption (whether the animal is alive or dead); or

(b)

to slaughter it for human consumption.

(2)

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), a bovine animal is deemed to have been born or reared in the United Kingdom before 1 August 1996 unless its cattle passport shows either that—

(a)

it was born in the United Kingdom on or after 1 August 1996; or

(b)

it first entered the United Kingdom on or after 1 August 1996.