{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-risk-material-regulations-1997/regulation-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-risk-material-regulations-1997/regulation-22.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2965",
  "legislation_title": "The Specified Risk Material Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-risk-material-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/22",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Approved collection centres",
  "text": "(1) Any person delivering specified risk material to an approved collection centre shall state in writing to the operator of the collection centre concerned the place from which that specified risk material was collected for delivery to that collection centre.\n(2) No person shall take delivery of specified risk material at a collection centre, or operate a collection centre for specified risk material, unless it has been approved and has sufficient facilities for storing and handling specified risk material in a manner which keeps it separate from other animal material.\n(3) The operator of an approved collection centre shall make a consignment record on arrival of specified risk material at the collection centre and shall keep that record for two years from the date of arrival.\n(4) The operator of an approved collection centre shall ensure that—\n(a) without prejudice to the storage requirements of regulation 28 below, all specified risk material in the collection centre is kept separate from all other animal material; and\n(b) all equipment used in relation to the collection or storage of specified risk material that comes into contact with such material is thoroughly washed and disinfected before he uses the equipment or allows it to be used in relation to the collection or storage of any other material.\n(5) No person shall consign specified risk material from an approved collection centre except to an approved incinerator or an approved rendering plant.\n(6) Any person who consigns specified risk material in accordance with paragraph (5) above shall keep a consignment record for two years from the date of consignment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2965/regulation/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:40:45.296941+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}