Regulation 4 Exception for research

England and Wales

(1)

The TSE requirements do not apply in relation to animals kept for the purposes of research in a holding approved for that purpose under this regulation by the Secretary of State.

(2)

If a bovine, ovine or caprine animal which is kept in an approved research holding dies or is killed, it is a TSE requirement for the occupier to dispose of it as a Category 1 animal by-product in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by-products not intended for human consumption M1, as implemented by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 142/2011 M2.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: OJ No L 300, 14.11.2009 p. 1, as last amended by Council Regulation (EU) No 1385/2013 (OJ No L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 86).
M2: OJ No L 54, 26.2.2011, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 592/2014 (OJ L 165, 4.6.2014, p.33).