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Tuberculosis Control Order (Northern Ireland) 1999
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Power to slaughter
10.—(1) The Department may slaughter or cause to be slaughtered under the direction of a veterinary inspector any reactor or other animal which in the opinion of a veterinary inspector has been exposed to a significant risk of infection with disease and has not already been slaughtered under paragraph (5).
(2) Where the Department intends to slaughter an animal or to cause an animal to be slaughtered under paragraph (1) it shall serve on the keeper of the animal a notice in writing stating that intention.
(3) A notice served under paragraph (2) shall specify the identification number, sex, colour, breed and date of birth of the animal to which it relates.
(4) The keeper of an animal to which a notice under paragraph (2) relates shall provide all reasonable facilities for the valuation of the animal before it is removed for slaughter, and for the collection, securing and removal of the animal for slaughter.
(5) The owner of any animal to which a notice under paragraph (2) relates shall not slaughter or cause to be slaughtered that animal except under the authority and in accordance with the conditions of a licence issued by the Department for that purpose and where he does so Article 11 shall not have effect in relation to that animal.
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