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The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Wales) Regulations 2018

W.S.I. 2018/968 · Made 4 September 2018 · Extends to England and Wales

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Animals, Wales

Animal Health

Made 4 September 2018

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 6 September 2018

Coming into force 1 October 2018

The Welsh Ministers have been designated M1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M2 in relation to measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health.

The Welsh Ministers make these Regulations under the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972 M3.

The Welsh Ministers have consulted as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 M4 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety.

Annotations to the whole text

Marginal citations

M1

S.I. 2008/1792.

M2

1972 c. 68.

M3

Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51).

M4

OJ No L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1.

Contents

  1. Part 1: General Provisions
  2. 1Title, application and commencement
  3. 2Interpretation
  4. 3Appointment of competent authority
  5. 4Animals intended for research
  6. Part 2: TSE Controls
  7. 5The TSE Requirements
  8. 6Application of the Schedules
  9. Part 3: Administration and Enforcement
  10. 7Approvals, authorisations, licences or registrations
  11. 8Occupier's duty
  12. 9Suspension and amendment
  13. 10Revocations of approvals, authorisations, licences or registrations
  14. 11Appeals procedure
  15. 12Valuations
  16. 13Appointment of inspectors
  17. 14Powers of entry
  18. 15Powers of inspectors
  19. 16Notices
  20. 17Service of notices
  21. 18Notices restricting movement
  22. 19Other offences
  23. 20Penalties
  24. 21Corporate offences
  25. 22Enforcement
  26. 23Consequential amendments
  27. 24Revocations
  28. 25Transitional provisions
  29. Signature
  30. Schedule 1The TSE requirements
  31. Schedule 2: TSE monitoring and approval of laboratories
  32. 1Delivery of the body of a bovine animal for the purpose of monitoring
  33. 2Destruction without sampling
  34. 3Brain stem sampling of bovine animals (approved sampling sites)
  35. 4Brain stem sampling of bovine animals (slaughterhouses)
  36. 5Approval of testing laboratories
  37. 6Approved sampling sites
  38. 7Retention of products and disposal
  39. 8TSE sampling of ovine, caprine and cervid animals
  40. 9Compensation
  41. Schedule 3: Control and eradication of TSE in bovine animals
  42. 1Notification
  43. 2Restriction on movements pending investigation
  44. 3Killing of a suspect animal
  45. 4Identification and restriction of other bovines, cohorts and offspring
  46. 5Action following confirmation
  47. 6Death while under restriction
  48. 7Placing on the market of bovine progeny
  49. 8Consignment and slaughter of an over-age bovine animal
  50. 9When compensation is payable
  51. 10Compensation based on average market price
  52. 11Exceptions: compensation based on market value
  53. Schedule 4: Control and eradication of TSE in ovine and caprine animals
  54. 1Notification
  55. 2Restriction on movements pending investigation
  56. 3Killing of a suspect animal
  57. 4Movement restrictions
  58. 5Confirmation of TSE (excluding BSE and atypical scrapie) in ovine or caprine animals
  59. 6Inability to exclude BSE in ovine or caprine animals
  60. 7Confirmation of atypical scrapie in ovine or caprine animals (BSE and classical scrapie excluded)
  61. 8Killing and destruction following confirmation
  62. 9Infected animals from another holding
  63. 10Common grazing
  64. 11Multiple flocks or herds on a holding
  65. 12Subsequent occupiers
  66. 13Death while under restriction
  67. 14Placing on the market of progeny of ovine and caprine animals
  68. 15Compensation for an ovine or caprine animal killed as a suspect animal or on confirmation of any TSE
  69. 16Valuations
  70. 17Compensation for milk and milk products compulsorily destroyed
  71. Schedule 5: Control and eradication of TSE in animals that are not bovine, ovine or caprine
  72. 1Notification
  73. 2Restriction of a notified animal
  74. 3Killing of a suspect animal
  75. 4Compensation
  76. Schedule 6: Feedingstuffs
  77. Part 1: Restrictions on feeding proteins to animals
  78. 1Prohibition on feeding animal protein
  79. 2Movement prohibitions and restrictions
  80. 3Killing of animals
  81. 4Compensation
  82. 5Restriction and disposal of unlawful feedingstuffs
  83. Part 2: Production of protein and feedingstuffs
  84. 6Premises producing compound feed intended for non-ruminant farmed animals
  85. 7Fishmeal intended for non-ruminant farmed animals
  86. 8Dicalcium and tricalcium phosphates intended for non-ruminant farmed animals
  87. 9Blood products intended for non-ruminant farmed animals
  88. 10Processed animal protein other than fishmeal and processed animal protein derived from farmed insects for feeding to aquaculture animals
  89. 11Processed animal protein derived from farmed insects for feeding to aquaculture animals
  90. 12Milk replacers containing fishmeal for feeding to unweaned ruminants
  91. 13Processed animal protein, including fishmeal, derived from non-ruminants
  92. 14Feed materials and compound feed
  93. 15Export of processed animal protein ...
  94. Schedule 7: Specified risk material, mechanically separated meat and slaughtering techniques
  95. 1Appointment of the Food Standards Agency as the competent authority
  96. 2Training
  97. 3Mechanically separated meat
  98. 4Pithing
  99. 5Tongue harvesting
  100. 6Head meat harvesting
  101. 7Removal of specified risk material
  102. 8Bovine animals in a slaughterhouse
  103. 9Ovine and caprine animals in a slaughterhouse
  104. 10Bovine, ovine and caprine animals in other places of slaughter
  105. 11Young lamb and goat stamps
  106. 12Removal of spinal cord from ovine and caprine animals
  107. 13Authorisation of cutting plants by the Food Standards Agency
  108. 14Removal of specified risk material at a cutting plant authorised under paragraph 13(1)
  109. 15Carcases from a Member State
  110. 16Staining and disposal of specified risk material
  111. 17Security of specified risk material
  112. 18Prohibition on the sale, supply or possession for sale or supply of specified risk material for human consumption
  113. Schedule 8: Restrictions on placing on the market and export
  114. 1Placing on the market or export ... of bovine products
  115. 2Placing on the market or export ... of bovine animals
  116. Explanatory note