This Order re-enacts with an amendment paragraph 10A of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (“the principal Order”) so that as well as providing for the slaughter of cattle affected or suspected of being affected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (“BSE”) and cattle which are in contact with cattle affected with BSE of which appear to be otherwise exposed to the infection of BSE, it now provides for the slaughter of cattle born on or after 1st August 1996 which are offspring of cattle affected or suspected of being affected with BSE.
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