Paragraph 3 Brain stem sampling of bovine animalsI1

England and Wales Not yet in force

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

Sch. 2 para. 1 coming into force by Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 2006 reg. 1
Sch. 2 para. 2 coming into force by Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 2006 reg. 1
Sch. 2 para. 3 coming into force by Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 2006 reg. 1
Sch. 2 para. 4 coming into force by Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 2006 reg. 1
Sch. 2 para. 5 coming into force by Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 2006 reg. 1
Sch. 2 para. 6 coming into force by Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 2006 reg. 1
Sch. 2 para. 7 coming into force by Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 2006 reg. 1
Sch. 2 para. 8 coming into force by Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 2006 reg. 1
Sch. 2 para. 9 coming into force by Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 2006 reg. 1
Sch. 2 para. 10 coming into force by Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 2006 reg. 1
Sch. 2 para. 11 coming into force by Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 2006 reg. 1
Sch. 2 para. 12 coming into force by Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 2006 reg. 1
Sch. 2 para. 13 coming into force by Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 2006 reg. 1
Sch. 2 para. 14 coming into force by Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 2006 reg. 1

(1)

The occupier of a slaughterhouse in which a bovine animal specified in point 2(1) or 2(2) of Part I of Chapter A of Annex III to the Community TSE Regulation is slaughtered must—

(a)

take a sample of brain stem in accordance with point 1 of Chapter C of Annex X to the Community TSE Regulation; and

(b)

arrange for it to be delivered to an approved testing laboratory,

and failure to do so is an offence.

(2)

The Secretary of State shall, by means of a notice, notify the occupier of a slaughterhouse if an animal comes into the categories specified in point 2(1) of Part I of Chapter A to Annex III to the Community TSE Regulation (except in the case of a dead animal consigned to a slaughterhouse with a written declaration from a veterinary surgeon that it falls into one of those categories).

(3)

In accordance with point 5 of Part I of Chapter A of Annex III to the Community TSE Regulation, the Secretary of State may serve a notice on the occupier of a slaughterhouse requiring him to sample and send for testing in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) any bovine animal slaughtered there.

(4)

The Secretary of State shall approve laboratories to test samples taken under this paragraph is she is satisfied that the laboratory—

(a)

will carry out the testing in accordance with Chapter C of Annex X to the Community TSE Regulation;

(b)

has adequate quality control procedures; and

(c)

has adequate procedures to ensure the correct identification of the samples and notification of the test results to the consigning slaughterhouse.

(5)

In this paragraph “approved testing laboratory” means a laboratory approved under this paragraph or a laboratory in another part of the United Kingdom approved by the competent authority to carry out the test.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 1.3.2006, see reg. 1