Regulation 3 Amendment of the Specified Bovine Material (Treatment and Disposal) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

after the definition of “the SBM Order” there shall be inserted the following definition—

• ““scheme animal” means a bovine animal which has been slaughtered pursuant to the purchase, slaughter and disposal scheme introduced under Commission Regulation (EC) No. 716/96^f1 adopting exceptional support measures for the beef market in the United Kingdom;”.

for the definition of “specified bovine material” there shall be substituted the following definition—

• ““specified bovine material” means—

  1. (a)

     subject to paragraph (d) of this definition, the head (including the brain but excluding the tongue), spinal cord, spleen, thymus, tonsils and intestines of a bovine animal six months old or over which has died in the United Kingdom or has been slaughtered there;

  2. (b)

     the thymus and intestines of a bovine animal two months old or over but less than six months old which has died in the United Kingdom or has been slaughtered there;

  3. (c)

     the thymus and intestines of a bovine animal under two months old which has been slaughtered in the United Kingdom for human consumption; and

  4. (d)

     subject to paragraph (4), the head (including the brain and the tongue), spinal cord, spleen, thymus, tonsils and intestines of a scheme animal,

  and includes anything left attached to such material after dissection of the carcase and any animal matter which comes into contact with the material after it has been removed from the carcase, but does not include the whole carcase;”.

in the definition of “stain” after the words “in relation to any material” there shall be inserted the words “except in regulation 6(8)”.