Notifications for the purposes of monitoring under Article 6 of the Community TSE Regulation
1.—(1) For the purposes of monitoring under Article 6 of the Community TSE Regulation, a person who has in his possession or under his charge the body of a bovine animal that must be tested in accordance with point 3(1) of Part I of Chapter A of Annex III of the Community TSE Regulation, or the body of a sheep or goat required for testing in accordance with point 3 of Part II of Chapter A of Annex III of the Community TSE Regulation, must—
(a)within 24 hours from the time when the animal dies or was killed or the body comes into his possession or charge notify the Department or any other person appointed by it to receive the notification on its behalf; and
(b)detain it until it has been collected by or on behalf of the Department,
and failure to do so is an offence.
(2) This paragraph does not apply in relation to sheep or goats slaughtered for human consumption or killed in accordance with Schedule 4.