{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-offal-prohibition-regulations-1989/regulation-11",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/2061",
  "legislation_title": "The Bovine Offal (Prohibition) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-offal-prohibition-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/11",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Removal of specified bovine offal",
  "text": "(1) Specified bovine offal may be removed, in accordance with a movement permit issued pursuant to regulation 12, to one of the following destinations–\n(a) excepted premises;\n(b) the premises of a processor for sterilisation by him; or\n(c) the premises of a person for preparation before further removal to a processor, or for storage before further removal to a destination specified in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) above.\n(2) The head of a bovine animal from which the brain has not been removed may be removed from a slaughterhouse, in accordance with a movement permit issued pursuant to regulation 12, to a specialist boning plant for the recovery of meat (other than specified bovine offal) from that head.\n(3) Any specified bovine offal which is removed to a destination referred to in paragraph (1)(b) or (c) of this regulation shall be removed in a vehicle or in an impervious container which, in either case, is kept closed and locked or sealed at all times except when necessary for the loading or unloading of the contents or their examination by an authorised officer and which bears a notice of adequate size which is conspicuously visible and contains a distinct, legible and unambiguous statement to the effect that the specified bovine offal carried therein is not for human consumption, which notice shall be affixed by the occupier of the place from which it is removed.\n(4) There shall not be removed from any relevant premises (that is to say, any premises specified in paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c) above or any specialist boning plant) any specified bovine offal unless–\n(a) that specified bovine offal has been sterilised or, in the case of the brain of a bovine animal to be removed from a specialist boning plant, it has been sterilised or stained;\n(b) that specified bovine offal is removed from the premises referrred to in sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (1) above and is intended to be delivered to another destination referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) or (b) of paragraph (1) above and its removal to that destination is authorised by a movement permit issued pursuant to regulation 12;\n(c) that specified bovine offal cannot be disposed of at those relevant premises because of a permanent or temporary closure thereof or a breakdown of the machinery installed therein or a trade dispute, and it is removed therefrom in accordance with an arrangement in writing with, and under the supervision of, an authorised officer of the local authority in whose district those relevant premises are situated to another destination referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of paragraph (1) above or to a place where it is buried or destroyed; or\n(d) that specified bovine offal is removed from a hospital, medical or veterinary school, laboratory or similar institution in accordance with an arrangement in writing with, and under the supervision of, an authorised officer of the local authority in whose district those premises are situated to another destination referred to in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of paragraph (1) above or to a place where it is buried or destroyed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1995/613",
      "affecting_title": "The Bovine Offal (Prohibition) (Amendment) Regulations 1995"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2061/regulation/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:35:09.034134+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}