1996 No. 3185

ANIMALSANIMAL HEALTH

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–

    1. 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

    2. 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.

Angela BrowningParliamentary Secretary Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
LindsayParliamentary Under Secretary of State Scottish Office

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Jonathan GransParliamentary Under Secretary of State Welsh Office

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the definition of “scheme animal” in Article 2 of the Specified Bovine Material (No. 3) Order 1996 with the effect that the various requirements of that Order regarding the separation of specified bovine material and other animal parts, which are already disapplied in relation to the carcases of animals slaughtered pursuant to the purchase scheme introduced under Commission Regulation (EC) No. 716/96, are now similarly disapplied in relation to the carcases of animals slaughtered under section 32 of the Animal Health Act 1981 as animals exposed to the infection of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.