The Specified Bovine Material (No. 3) (Amendment) Order 1996 No. 3185

Amendment of the Specified Bovine Material (No. 3) Order 1996

2.—(1) In Article 2(1) of the Specified Bovine Material (No. 3) Order 1996(1) 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. 716/96(2) 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.”.

(1)

S.I. 1996/1941.

(2)

OJ No. L99, 19.4.96, p. 14, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.