Article 27 Amendments to the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Order 1991
The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Order 1991f1 shall be amended in accordance with this article.
In article 4 (interpretation) the definitions of “intestines”and “specified bovine offal”are hereby revoked.
Article 9 (movement of protein derived from specified bovine offal) is hereby revoked.
In article 12 (prohibition of sale, supply and use of certain feedingstuffs for feeding to animals and poultry)—
sub-paragraphs (c) and (d) of paragraph (1) are hereby revoked; and
for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(2)The prohibition in paragraph (1) above shall not apply to the feeding to an animal of any feedingstuff for research purposes in a research establishment under the authority of a licence issued by a veterinary inspector of the Minister and in accordance with any conditions subject to which the licence is issued, or to the sale or supply of any feedingstuff to a research establishment for such purposes.”.
Article 14 (regulation of exportation of specified bovine offal) is hereby revoked.
In article 15 (sampling)—
for the words “articles 9, 12 and 14” there shall be substituted the words “article 12”; and
the words “offal or” shall be deleted.
In article 16 (production of licences)—
in paragraph (1)—
for the words “animal, carcase or any protein”there shall be substituted the words “animal or carcase”, and
for the words “animal, carcase or protein”there shall be substituted the words “animal or carcase”;
paragraph (2) is hereby revoked.
In article 17 (offences)—
for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted—
“(b)contravenes article 5(1), 5(2), 5(3), 6(3), 12(1), 13(1) or 16(1)”; and
for sub-paragraph (d) there shall be substituted—
“(d)fails to comply with any condition of a licence issued under article 6(5)(b), 7(1), 12(2) or 13(2)(b), or”.