# The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Wales) Regulations 2018, Paragraph 8: Consignment and slaughter of an over-age bovine animal

Extent: E+W

(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2018/968/schedule/3/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-wales-regulations-2018/schedule-3/paragraph-8
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