Explanatory note

This Order revokes and re-enacts the Specified Bovine Material (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996, the Specified Bovine Material (No. 2) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and the Specified Bovine Material (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996. This Order controls specified bovine material and as such implements various EC Directives first mentioned in the Specified Bovine Offal Order (Northern Ireland) 1995.

The only change of substance lies in an extension to the definition of animals so that the definition applies to all creatures other than birds (Article 3).

Any person who without lawful authority or excuse, proof of which shall lie on him, contravenes any provision of the Order shall be guilty of an offence against the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981. The penalty on summary conviction is in the case of an offence committed in relation to carcases or other inanimate things, a fine at level 5 on the standard scale (currently £5,000) together with a further fine at level 3 on the standard scale (currently £1,000) in respect of every 508 kilogrammes in weight of the carcases or other things after the first 508 kilogrammes.