Article 24 Slaughter: control of carcases
This article shall apply to premises where the Scottish Ministers have caused the slaughter of animals as described in regulation 8(2) or 9(1) of the Regulations.
No person shall move any carcase of a susceptible animal from premises to which this article applies except for disposal and under the authority of a licence granted by the Scottish Ministers.
The Scottish Ministers shall ensure that every carcase to which this article applies is disposed of without undue delay, and in so ensuring–
they may serve a notice on the occupier requiring immediate disposal or disposal within a specified period; and
they shall grant any necessary licence under paragraph (2).
Notes on the whole SSI
Textual amendments
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1981 c. 22, amended by the Animal Health Act 1981 (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/3293). The functions conferred under the 1981 Act on “the Ministers” (as defined in section 86 of that Act) are now exercisable by the Scottish Ministers. They were transferred, so far as exercisable within devolved competence, by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998.