Slaughter and death of bovine animals
8.—(1) Immediately on the arrival of a bovine animal at a licensed slaughterhouse, the person holding that bovine animal shall give the national administrative document in respect of that bovine animal, to the operator of that slaughterhouse.
(2) On the slaughter of a bovine animal at a licensed slaughterhouse, the operator of that slaughterhouse shall, within seven days of that slaughter, surrender the national administrative document in respect of that bovine animal to the Scottish Ministers and, for the purposes of this paragraph, the surrender of that national administrative document to the official veterinary surgeon shall be treated as its surrender to the Scottish Ministers.
(3) On the death of a bovine animal other than by slaughter at a licensed slaughterhouse, the person holding that bovine animal at the time of death shall, within seven days of that death, surrender the national administrative document in respect of that animal to the Scottish Ministers.