{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-risk-material-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-risk-material-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-28.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1997/552",
  "legislation_title": "The Specified Risk Material Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-risk-material-regulations-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "regulation/28",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Storage",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person shall not store specified risk material in the same room as any food.\n(2) The requirement in paragraph (1) shall not apply where an official veterinary surgeon, inspector or an authorised officer of the Department has approved the storage of specified risk material in the same room as any food, on being satisfied that the arrangements for storage will ensure the adequate separation of the specified risk material from the food.\n(3) A person shall not store specified risk material otherwise than in an impervious container which—\n(a) contains nothing but specified risk material;\n(b) is labelled as containing specified risk material;\n(c) is not left uncovered when containing specified risk material; and\n(d) after use for such storage is thoroughly cleansed and disinfected before being used for any purpose in relation to the storage of food.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 28 in operation at 1.1.1998, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "nisr/2002/225",
      "affecting_title": "Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/552/regulation/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:25:48.982052+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."
}