Exception for research
4.—(1) The provisions of Schedules 2 to 6 do not apply in relation to an animal, a carcase or a sample kept for the purposes of research in premises approved for that purpose under this regulation by the Department.
(2) If a bovine animal, sheep or goat kept in research premises approved under this regulation or its progeny dies or is killed, the occupier must dispose of it as a Category 1 animal by-product in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption(1), and failure to do so is an offence.
O.J. No. L273, 10.10.2002, p. 1 as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 208/2006, O.J. No. L36, 8.2.2006, p. 25