# The Spongiform Encephalopathy (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 1994, Article 4: Amendment of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Order 1991


(1) The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Order 1991 shall be amended in accordance with this article.
(2) In article 4(1) (interpretation) for the definition of “specified bovine offal” there shall be substituted the following—
““specified bovine offal” means, in relation to any bovine animal—
(a) where the animal is over six months of age and has in the United Kingdom died or been slaughtered, the brain, spinal cord, spleen, thymus, tonsils and intestines;
(b) where the animal is two months of age or over but not over six months of age and has in the United Kingdom died or been slaughtered, the thymus and intestines only; and
(c) where the animal is under two months of age and has been slaughtered in the United Kingdom for human consumption, the thymus and intestines only;”.
(3) In article 5 (notification of disease in bovine animals) after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following:
“(3) A person who, in the course of a laboratory examination of the carcase of an animal reasonably suspects the presence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, shall—
(a) with all practicable speed, notify the fact to the Divisional Veterinary Officer,
(b) retain the sample examined and the remainder of the carcase until its disposal is authorised in writing by a veterinary inspector, and
(c) if required in writing to do so by a veterinary inspector, surrender any samples in whatever form they are to a veterinary inspector.
(4) Paragraph (3) above shall not apply to any bovine spongiform encephalopathy which has been deliberately introduced into an animal, a carcase, or a sample in a laboratory.”.
(4) In article 12 (prohibition of sale, supply and use of certain feedingstuffs for feeding to animals and poultry) for (a) and (b) of paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following:
“(a) knowingly sell or supply for feeding to ruminant animals any feedingstuff in which he knows or has reason to suspect any mammalian protein has been incorporated;
(b) feed to a ruminant animal any feedingstuff in which he knows or has reason to suspect that any mammalian protein has been incorporated;”.
(5) For article 14 there shall be substituted the following—
“Prohibition of exportation of specified bovine offal
14 (1) Subject to paragraph (2) below no person shall export from Great Britain to a member State specified bovine offal or protein derived from any specified bovine offal.
(2) The prohibition in paragraph (1) above shall not apply to the export for research purposes of specified bovine offal or protein derived from any specified bovine offal under the authority of a licence issued by the Minister and in accordance with any conditions subject to which the licence is issued.
(3) Any person wishing to obtain a licence under paragraph (2) above shall apply to the Minister in such form and manner and within such time as the Minister may require.”.
(6) In article 15 (sampling) before the words “the provisions of articles 9, 12 and 14” there shall be inserted the words “any of”.
(7) In article 17 (offences) in paragraph (b) after the words “article 5(1), 5(2),” there shall be inserted “5(3),” and in paragraph (d) for “14(1)” there shall be substituted “14(2)”.
(8) In the Schedule, for condition (e) of form A there shall be substituted the following:
“(e) Milk from the animal must not be sold or supplied for human consumption, nor be fed to animals or poultry, except to its own calf.”.
(9) In the Schedule, in Form C for the word “Ministry” where it appears for the second time there shall be substituted the word “Minister”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2627/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/spongiform-encephalopathy-miscellaneous-amendments-order-1994/article-4
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