Regulation 4 General requirements in relation to controlled hides
Except as provided in paragraph (2) below, no person shall buy, sell or otherwise deal with a controlled hide unless—
he is a registered dealer or a registered tannery controller;
he keeps and transports it in a place which is physically separated from any place in which any hide other than a controlled hide is kept or transported; and
he keeps records of his dealings with that hide in accordance with regulation 7 below.
The operator of a scheme slaughterhouse may sell a controlled hide.
No person shall sell or deliver a controlled hide to any person except a registered hide dealer or a registered tannery controller.
No person shall remove trimmings or fleshings from a controlled hide, or split a controlled hide, except at a scheme slaughterhouse or a tannery controlled by a registered tannery controller.