Article 25 Slaughter: control of faecal material
This article applies 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 dung, manure, slurry or used litter of susceptible animals from premises to which this article applies except–
for disposal and under the authority of a licence granted by the Scottish Ministers after consulting the Chief Veterinary Officer (Scotland) and specifying a manner of disposal such as to ensure destruction of the disease virus; or
following disinfection, for treatment of such material from a slaughterhouse or F1border control post in accordance with F2Articles 15 and 32 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 and Articles 10 and 22 of Regulation (EU) No 142/2011, and under the authority of a licence granted by the Scottish Ministers.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in art. 25(2)(b) substituted (14.12.2019) by The Official Controls (Agriculture etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/412), regs. 1(1), 17(4)
- F2
Words in art. 25(2)(b) substituted (4.3.2011) by The Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (revoked) 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/171), reg. 1(1), sch. 2 para. 21
Notes on the whole SSI
Textual amendments
- F1
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.