Regulation 14 Prohibition on the removal of brain and eyesI1

Northern Ireland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 14(1) words substituted by Specified Risk Material 2000 reg. 2(11)(a)
reg. 14(1) words substituted by Specified Risk Material 2000 reg. 2(11)(b)
reg. 14(2) words substituted by Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) 2000 Sch. 4 Pt. 8 para. 3
reg. 14 revoked by Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy 2002 Sch. 8 Pt. 1

(1)

A person shall not on any premises remove the brain or eyes from the carcase of bovine animal aged greater than six months, or from a carcase of a sheep or goat (of any age at death), except—

(a)

for the purposes of veterinary or scientific examination or research; and

(b)

in a part of the premises kept free at all times from food intended for human consumption.

(2)

The prohibition in paragraph (1) shall not apply to the removal under Article 29 of the Order of the eyeballs of bovines, sheep or goats at the place of slaughter by a veterinary inspector or other authorised officer of the Department for the purposes of analysis under Article 31(1) of the Order.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 14 in operation at 1.1.1998, see reg. 1