# The Beef Carcase (Classification) (Amendment) Regulations 1998, Regulation 2: Amendments to the Beef Carcase (Classification) Regulations 1991

Extent: E+W+S

(1) The Beef Carcase (Classification) Regulations 1991 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.
(2) In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a) the following definition is inserted immediately after the definition of “the appropriate Minister”—
““approval number” means (in relation to a regulated slaughterhouse) the unique number of that regulated slaughterhouse required to be specified in the centre of a health mark (as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995 (“the 1995 Regulations”));”;
(b) the following text is substituted for the definitions of “regulated carcase” and “regulated slaughterhouse”—
““regulated carcase” means the carcase or half-carcase of an adult bovine animal which has been marked in accordance with regulation 11 of and Schedule 12 to the 1995 Regulations;
“regulated slaughterhouse” means a slaughterhouse (as defined by regulation 2(1) of the 1995 Regulations) licensed in accordance with regulation 4 of those Regulations;”; and
(c) the definition of “veterinary approval number” is revoked.
(3) The following paragraph is inserted after paragraph (3) of regulation 2—
“(4) Any reference in these Regulations to a Community instrument is a reference to that instrument as amended on the date of making of the Beef Carcase (Classification) (Amendment) Regulations 1998.”.
(4) In Schedule 1 (Community provisions)—
(a) in column (1) the following numbered entry is inserted after entry number 5—
“6 Commission Regulation (EC) No. 295/96 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1892/87 as regards the recording of market prices of adult bovine animals, on the basis of the Community scale for the classification of carcases (OJ No. L39, 17.2.96, p.1).”;
(b) in column (2) the following reference is inserted immediately to the right of the new entry number 6 inserted by sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph—
“Article 2(1)(a)”; and
(c) in column (3) the following description is inserted immediately to the right of the new provision inserted by sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph—
“Requirement to record market prices.”.
(5) In each of—
(a) paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 (particulars of the occupier of a regulated slaughterhouse to be notified to the appropriate Minister);
(b) paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 5 (records to be kept by occupier for each regulated carcase classified);
(c) paragraph 1 of Part II of that Schedule (records to be kept by occupier for each exempt carcase obtained); and
(d) paragraph 1 of Part III of that Schedule (records to be kept by exempt occupier),
the phrase “approval number” is substituted for the phrase “veterinary approval number”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/12/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/beef-carcase-classification-amendment-regulations-1998/regulation-2
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