PART 2

TSE Controls

The TSE Requirements
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1
For the purposes of Article 11, where a person has in their possession or under their control any animal suspected of being infected with a TSE that person must immediately notify the Welsh Ministers and detain the animal on the holding until it has been examined by a veterinary inspector.
2
Where a veterinary surgeon examines or inspects an animal and reasonably suspects the animal of being infected with TSE, the veterinary surgeon must immediately notify the Welsh Ministers of that suspicion.
3
Where a person examines the carcase of an animal in a laboratory and reasonably suspects the presence of a TSE, that person must immediately notify the Welsh Ministers, and retain the carcase until a veterinary inspector has authorised disposal.
4
The TSE requirements in Schedule 1 apply.
5
The occupier of a slaughterhouse must comply with the requirement to take samples or to facilitate the taking samples by an inspector resulting from the Welsh Minister's TSE monitoring requirements in Annex 3.
6
In accordance with Article 12, a person with animals placed under an official movement restriction must comply with—
a
any instructions given by an inspector and co-operate with the Welsh Ministers in delivering the TSE monitoring requirements in Annex III;
b
any instructions given by an inspector and co-operate with the Welsh Ministers in taking action to control and eradicate a TSE in Annex VII;
c
the requirements in Annex IV for the production, use of equipment, packaging, storage and transport of animal feed;
d
the animal feeding requirements in Annex IV;
e
the prohibitions concerning animal feeding in Article 7, unless the animal feed products are produced using production and manufacturing processes approved by the Welsh Ministers ;
f
the requirements for dealing with specified risk material in Article 8 and Annex V and Schedule 7;
g
the restrictions in Annex VIII and Schedule 8 concerning the placement of animals or products on the market or for export.

Application of the Schedules
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The following Schedules have effect—
a
Schedule 2 (TSE monitoring and approval of laboratories);
b
Schedule 3 (Control and eradication of TSE in bovine animals);
c
Schedule 4 (Control and eradication of TSE in ovine and caprine animals);
d
Schedule 5 (Control and eradication of TSE in animals that are not bovine, ovine or caprine);
e
Schedule 6 (Feedingstuffs);
f
Schedule 7 (Specified risk material, mechanically separated meat and slaughtering techniques); and
g
Schedule 8 (Restrictions on placing on the market and export).
Words in reg. 5(6)(e) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/737), regs. 1(3), 6; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)