SCHEDULE 5Control and eradication of TSE in animals that are not bovine, ovine or caprine

Slaughter of a suspect animal3

1

For the purposes of Article 12(1) and (2) of the EU TSE Regulation (measures with respect to suspect animals), if a veterinary inspector suspects that an animal that is not bovine, ovine or caprine is affected with a TSE, he or she may either—

a

kill it on the holding immediately;

b

serve a notice prohibiting the animal from being moved from the holding until it has been killed; or

c

serve a notice directing the owner to consign it to other premises for killing and prohibiting movement other than in accordance with that direction.

2

If the animal is killed on the holding, it is an offence to remove the body from the holding or dispose of it except in accordance with a written direction from an inspector.