The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

Consignment and slaughter of an over-age bovine animal

2.  If a bovine animal was born or reared in the United Kingdom before 1st August 1996 or imported into the United Kingdom before 1st August 1996, it is an offence to —

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

(b)slaughter it for human consumption in a slaughterhouse.