Article 4 Consignment of heads of sheep or goats

(1)

Once the head has been removed from the carcase of a sheep or goat and treated in accordance with the requirements of the HSGTD Regulations, the person responsible for its removal from the carcase shall, without unreasonable delay, send it directly to—

(a)

a collection centre approved under and for the purposes of the SBM Order;

(b)

a rendering plant approved under and for the purposes of the SBM Order;

(c)

premises specified in regulation 6(a) of the HSGTD Regulations;

(d)

an incinerator approved under and for the purposes of the SBMTD Regulations; or

(e)

any premises licenced by the Department under and for the purposes of Article 8(1) of the SBM Order,

where it shall be treated in the same way as if it were specified bovine material and for that purpose Articles 5(2) to (6), 6(2) to (9), 8(2) and (3) and 10 of the SBM Order shall apply in relation to a head removed from the carcase of a sheep or goat as if that head were specified bovine material.

(2)

Any person consigning the head of a sheep or goat from the place where it was removed from the carcase shall keep, for 2 years from the date of consignment, a record indicating the date of the consignment, destination and weight consigned.