{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1069/article-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1069/article-17.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2009/1069",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 (Animal by-products Regulation)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1069",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Research and other specific purposes",
  "text": "1. The competent authority may, by way of derogation from Articles 12, 13 and 14, authorise the use of animal by-products and derived products for exhibitions, artistic activities, and for diagnostic, educational or research purposes under conditions which ensure the control of risks to public and animal health.\nSuch conditions shall include:\n(a) the prohibition of any subsequent use of the animal by-products or derived products for other purposes; and\n(b) the obligation to dispose of the animal by-products or derived products safely, or to re-dispatch them to their place of origin, if appropriate.\n2. In the case of risks to public and animal health which require the adoption of measures for the whole territory of Great Britain, in particular in the case of newly emerging risks, the Secretary of State may, by regulations, lay down, in relation to the whole of Great Britain, conditions for the import and use of the animal by-products and derived products referred to in paragraph 1 .... Such conditions may include requirements regarding storage, packaging, identification, transport and disposal.\n...\n(3) The Secretary of State may not make regulations under paragraph 2 without the consent of—\n(a)in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;\n(b)in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;\nWhere either of the parties mentioned in point (a) or (b) requests that the Secretary of State make regulations under paragraph 2, the Secretary of State must have regard to that request.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 17(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 8(8)(a)(i) (with reg. 12) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1463, regs. 1(2)(a), 6(5)(b)(i)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 17(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 8(8)(a)(ii) (with reg. 12) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1463, regs. 1(2)(a), 6(5)(b)(ii)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 17(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 8(8)(a)(iii) (with reg. 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 17(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 8(8)(b) (with reg. 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Art. 17(3) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 8(9) (with reg. 12) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1463, regs. 1(2)(a), 6(5)(c)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1069/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:08.628948+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."
}