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Paragraph 2 Removal of specified risk material

England and Wales

(1)

Removal specified risk material may only take place in accordance with Annex 5.

(2)

In the case of a cutting plant authorised under paragraph 8, a person must not remove—

(a)

any part of the vertebral column that is specified risk material from any bovine animal unless the plant is authorised under paragraph 8(1)(a) of this Schedule, or

(b)

the spinal cord from any ovine or caprine animal aged over 12 months at slaughter, or that has a permanent incisor erupted through the gum, unless the plant is authorised for the purpose of such removal under paragraph 8(1)(b) of this Schedule.