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The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) (Amendment) Order 1998

S.I. 1998/3071 · Made 8 December 1998 · Extends to England, Wales and Scotland

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ANIMALS

ANIMAL HEALTH

Made 8th December 1998

Coming into force 4th January 1999

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1, 8(1), 15(4), 32(2), 34(7), 35(1) and (1A), 36(5)(a), 72 and 83(2) of the Animal Health Act 1981f1 hereby make the following Order:–

Annotations to the whole text

Textual amendments

F1

Order revoked (S.) (19.6.2002) by The TSE (Scotland) Regulations 2002 (S.S.I. 2002/255), reg. 1(1), sch. 9 Pt. I (with reg. 2)

Footnotes

f1

1981 c. 22; see section 86(1) for definitions of “the Minister” and “the Ministers”; section 1 was applied to bovine spongiform encephalopathy by the Zoonoses Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/2264).

Contents

  1. 1Title and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) Order 1996
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title and commencementF1I1

This Order may be cited as the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 4th January 1999.

2Amendment of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) Order 1996F1I1

Article 4(1) of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) Order 1996f1 shall be amended as follows–

(a)

the definition of “exposed animal” shall be revoked and the following definition substituted–

  • ““exposed animal” means a bovine animal, other than an offspring animal, which has been exposed to the infection of the disease;”; and

(b)

after the definition of “MBM product” the following definition shall be inserted–

  • ““offspring animal” means a bovine animal born on or after 1st August 1996 in the United Kingdom to a dam which–

    1. (a)

      was affected or suspected of being affected with the disease when it gave birth to the animal; or

    2. (b)

      has subsequently become affected or suspected of being affected with the disease;”.

Signature

Jeff Rooker

Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

7th December 1998

Sewel

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

8th December 1998

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Jon Owen Jones

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

8th December 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which extends to Great Britain, amends the BSE (No. 2) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3183, as amended by S.I. 1997/2387) as a consequence of the BSE Offspring Slaughter Regulations 1998. The definition of “exposed animal” is amended to exclude any offspring animal, defined as a bovine animal born on or after 1st August 1996 in the United Kingdom to a dam which was affected or suspected of being affected with BSE when it gave birth to the animal or which has subsequently become affected or suspected of being affected with BSE.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment for this Order is not required.