Article 3 Rendering of ruminant animal by-products and treatment and discharge of ruminant related fluid

A person shall not render any ruminant animal by-product on any premises unless—

(a)

he subjects all the ruminant related fluid arising to such treatment on the premises as will ensure the fluid has—

(i)

a biological oxygen demand of no more than 60mg/l; and

(ii)

a level of suspended solids of no more than 80mg/l; or

(b)

he discharges, releases, disposes of or consigns for disposal any ruminant related material arising—

(i)

into a public sewer in accordance with a trade effluent consent or agreement from the relevant sewerage undertaker under the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1973^f1; or

(ii)

into a waterway or water contained in underground strata in accordance with a discharge consent given for the purposes of Article 9 of the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.

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Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1973/70 (N.I. 2)