# The Bovine Offal (Prohibition) Regulations 1989, Regulation 12: Authorisation for removal of unsterilised specified bovine offal from a slaughterhouse or other place


(1) In any case where these Regulations prohibit the removal of unsterilised specified bovine offal from premises without a movement permit and it is intended to remove such offal from such premises, the occupier of the premises shall, at least two working days before the day on which it is intended to remove that unsterilised specified bovine offal from those premises, apply to the local authority in whose district those premises are located and shall give to that authority the following information–
(a) the date on which the removal is intended to take place;
(b) the description of specified bovine offal intended to be moved and whether or not is has been stained;
(c) the address and description of the premises to which that specified bovine offal is intended to be delivered; and
(d) the expected date of arrival of the specified bovine offal at those premises.
(2) Upon receipt of an application an authority shall, without undue delay, satisfy itself that the premises to which it is intended to deliver the unsterilised specified bovine offal the subject of the application are premises of a kind to which that specified bovine offal may be removed under the appropriate provision of these Regulations and are capable of processing or otherwise disposing of the specified bovine offal. If the premises are situated in the district of another local authority, the authority to whom the application was made shall notify that other authority that the application has been made, and shall take into account any information obtained from that authority in reaching its decision as to the nature of the premises.
(3) When an authority is satisfied in respect of the matters referred to in paragraph (2) above it shall thereafter issue to the applicant a movement permit in the form specified in the Schedule to these Regulations (comprised by an original and three copies thereof) of which Part I has been duly completed by the authority.
(4) When the occupier of any premises to which this regulation applies regularly delivers unsterilised specified bovine offal of a specific description to a particular destination, the authority in whose district the premises, or as the case may be the specified bovine offal, are or is situated shall, on application being made to it stating the description of that specified bovine offal and the address and description of that destination, authorise in advance each such movement by issuing such quantity of movement permits as it considers appropriate.
(5) The occupier of any premises from which unsterilised specified bovine offal is removed under the authority of a movement permit shall complete Part II of the document delivered to him and shall give the original together with two copies thereof to the driver of the vehicle by which the specified bovine offal is to be removed and shall retain the other copy for a period of two years.
(6) When the driver delivers the specified bovine offal to the premises named in the movement permit given to him he shall give to the occupier of those premises the documents delivered to him in accordance with paragraph (5) above.
(7) The occupier shall then complete Part III of the documents and shall acknowledge receipt of the specified bovine offal thus delivered to him by signing the original and its two copies and shall, within seven days from the date of receipt of the specified bovine offal, send the original and one copy thereof to the local authority in whose district his premises are situated.
(8) The occupier shall retain the other copy of the document for a period of two years from the date on which he received the specified bovine offal to which it relates.
(9) If the driver is unable to deliver the specified bovine offal to the premises named in the movement permit given to him he shall without delay inform or cause to be informed either the authority by whom the permit was issued or the authority in whose district the premises are situated, who shall without delay authorise the delivery of the specified bovine offal to another destination referred to in regulation 11(1) or, if no such alternative destination is available, require the specified bovine offal to be returned to the premises from which it was removed, or to be buried or destroyed under its supervision.
(10) In a case to which paragraph (9) above applies, the driver shall give to the occupier of the premises to which the specified bovine offal is delivered in accordance with that paragraph or, in the case of its burial or destruction, to the supervising authority the documents delivered to him in accordance with paragraph (5) above.
(11) The occupier of the premises to which the specified bovine offal is delivered shall thereupon complete Part IV of the movement permit and acknowledge receipt of the specified bovine offal to which the permit relates by signing the original and its two copies and shall, within seven days from the date of receipt of the specified bovine offal, send the original and one copy of such permit to the local authority in whose district his premises are situated.
(12) The occupier shall retain the other copy of such permit for a period of two years from the date on which he received the specified bovine offal to which it relates.
(13) Any local authority to which is sent the original and a copy of a movement permit shall complete Part V thereof, shall retain the copy for a period of two years and (where it is not the issuer of the permit) shall send the original of such permit to the authority which issued it.
(14) Any person required by paragraph (5), (8) or (12) of this regulation to retain a document shall make that document available for inspection by an authorised officer at any reasonable time.
(15) In the regulation “the appropriate provision” means–
(a) in respect of specified bovine offal which has not been stained, regulation 6(c), 7(c), 11(2) or 11(4)(b) above, as the case may be, and
(b) in respect of specified bovine offal which has been stained, any provision indicated in sub-paragraph (a) above or regulation 6(b) or 7(b) above, as the case may be.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2061/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-offal-prohibition-regulations-1989/regulation-12
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