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Regulation 17 Transportation of unmarked carcases of sheep and goatsI1

Northern Ireland

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

(1)

A person shall not move from a slaughterhouse a carcase of a sheep or goat suitable for human consumption that is not marked with a young lamb stamp, except—

(a)

to approved cutting premises that lie within the same curtilage as the slaughterhouse;

(b)

a carcase which has been inspected and health marked in accordance with the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and which is moved in a sealed vehicle; or

(c)

when all specified risk material has been removed from the carcase.

(2)

During the transportation referred to in paragraph (1) the carcase shall be accompanied by a document indicating—

(a)

the name, address and licence number of the slaughterhouse from which the carcase is being transported; and

(b)

the name, address and licence number of the authorised cutting premises to which the carcase is being transported.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 17 in operation at 1.1.1998, see reg. 1