1996 No. 3185
The Specified Bovine Material (No. 3) (Amendment) Order 1996
Made
Coming into force
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1 and 8(1) of the Animal Health Act 19811, as applied by the Zoonoses Order 19882, and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 11 of that Act, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:–
Title and commencement1
This Order may be cited as the Specified Bovine Material (No. 3) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 24th January 1997.
Amendment of the Specified Bovine Material (No. 3) Order 19962
1
In Article 2(1) of the Specified Bovine Material (No. 3) Order 19963 the definition of scheme animal shall be replaced by the following definition–
“scheme animal” means a bovine animal–
- a
which has been slaughtered pursuant to the purchase scheme introduced under Commission Regulation (EC) No. 716/964 adopting exceptional support measures for the beef market in the United Kingdom; or
- b
which, being an animal which has been exposed to bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the Minister has caused to be slaughtered under section 32(1) of the Animal Health Act 1981.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
(This note is not part of the Order)