Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes and re-enacts, with certain amendments, the provisions of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) Order 1988 as amended.

The Order continues to provide for—

(a)

the compulsory notification of B.S.E. in bovine animals (article 5);

(b)

the investigation, examination, testing and sampling and marking of bovine animals and their carcases for this purpose (article 6(1) and (2));

(c)

the imposition of requirements in respect of affected or suspected animals or carcases by service of a notice in Form A (article 6);

(d)

the prohibition on movement of other bovine animals by notice in writing (article 7);

(e)

the cleansing and disinfection of premises and equipment (article 8);

(f)

the application of section 32 of the Animal Health Act 1981 (slaughter of animals) (article 10);

(g)

the prohibition (subject to certain exemptions) on the sale, supply and use of specified feedingstuffs (article 12);

(h)

the prohibition on the sale, supply and use of milk from affected or suspected animals (article 13);

(i)

sampling of protein, offal or feedingstuffs (article 15), production of licences (article 16), offences (article 17) and enforcement (article 18).

The changes of substance are—

(j)

the prohibition on movement of any protein derived from specified bovine offal except under a licence (article 9);

(k)

the seizure of carcases for the purpose of preventing the spread of the diseaseand the provision of compensation (article 11);

(l)

exemptions to certain prohibitions for research purposes (articles 12(2) and 13(2)(b));

(m)

the prohibition on exportation for any purpose of specified bovine offal or protein derived from it from Great Britain to a member State of the European Community except under a licence (article 14).