Notification of progeny of certain TSE suspect and confirmed animalsE+W
87.—(1) A person who is in possession or in charge of any—
(a)first generation progeny of—
(i)a female bovine animal infected with a TSE;
(ii)a BSE confirmed ovine or caprine animal; or
(b)any semen, embryos or ova derived from a female bovine animal infected with a TSE or a BSE confirmed ovine or caprine animal,
and any veterinary surgeon or other person who, in the course of his or her duties, examines or inspects any such progeny, semen, embryos or ova, must with all practicable speed, notify the fact to the Divisional Veterinary Manager.
(2) A person who has in his or her possession or under his or her charge on any premises any animal he or she reasonably suspects is an animal of first generation progeny of, or semen, embryos or ova derived from, a female bovine animal infected with a TSE or a BSE confirmed ovine or caprine animal must detain it on the premises until it has been examined by a veterinary inspector.
(3) A person who, in the course of a laboratory examination of the carcase of an animal, or any semen, embryos or ova derived from an animal, reasonably suspects it is an animal of first generation progeny of, or semen, embryos or ova derived from, a female bovine animal infected with a TSE or a BSE confirmed ovine or caprine animal, must—
(a)with all practicable speed, notify the fact to the Divisional Veterinary Manager;
(b)retain the sample examined and the remainder of the carcase until its disposal has been authorised in writing by a veterinary inspector; and
(c)if required in writing to do so by a veterinary inspector, surrender any samples, in whatever form, to such an inspector.