The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Scotland) Regulations 2006

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 General provisions

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and extent

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Appointment of competent authority

    4. 4.Exception for research

  3. PART 2 Introduction of Schedules

    1. 5.The Schedules

  4. PART 3 Administration and enforcement

    1. 6.Approvals, authorisations, licences and registrations

    2. 7.Occupier's duty

    3. 8.Suspension and amendment

    4. 9.Revocation of approvals, etc.

    5. 10.Appeals procedure

    6. 11.Valuations

    7. 12.Appointment of inspectors

    8. 13.Powers of entry

    9. 14.Powers of inspectors

    10. 15.Notices

    11. 16.Notices restricting movement

    12. 17.Obstruction

    13. 18.Penalties

    14. 19.Offences by bodies corporate

    15. 20.Enforcement

    16. 21.Miscellaneous amendments

    17. 22.Consequential amendments

    18. 23.Revocations

  5. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Instruments relevant to the Community TSE Regulation

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      TSE monitoring

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Control and eradication of TSE in bovine animals

      1. 1.Notification

      2. 2.Restriction of a notified animal

      3. 3.Killing of a suspect animal

      4. 4.Identification and restriction of progeny and cohorts

      5. 5.Action following confirmation

      6. 6.Death while under restriction

      7. 7.Placing on the market of progeny

      8. 8.When compensation is payable

      9. 9.Amount of compensation payable

      10. 10.Exceptions

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Control and eradication of TSE in sheep and goats

      1. 1.Notification

      2. 2.Restriction of a notified animal

      3. 3.Killing of a suspect animal

      4. 4.Movement restrictions

      5. 5.Action where TSE is not confirmed

      6. 6.Action following confirmation of TSE in sheep

      7. 7.Action following confirmation of TSE in goats

      8. 8.Action following confirmation of BSE in sheep or goats

      9. 9.Time for appeals

      10. 10.Killing and destruction following confirmation

      11. 11.Animals from another holding

      12. 12.Common grazing

      13. 13.Multiple flocks on a holding

      14. 14.Subsequent occupiers

      15. 15.Introduction of animals onto a holding

      16. 16.Use of ovine germinal products

      17. 17.Movement of animals from a holding

      18. 18.Period of movement restrictions

      19. 19.Death while under restriction

      20. 20.Placing on the market of progeny of sheep or goats in which BSE is confirmed

      21. 21.Notification while the holding is under restriction

      22. 22.Derogations

      23. 23.Compensation payable for animals killed as suspect animals

      24. 24.Compensation for animals killed or products destroyed following confirmation

      25. 25.Valuations

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      Feedingstuffs

      1. PART 1 Restrictions on feeding proteins to animals

        1. 1.Prohibition on feeding animal protein to ruminants

        2. 2.Prohibition on feeding animal protein to non-ruminants

        3. 3.Exceptions

        4. 4.Movement prohibitions and restrictions of animals

        5. 5.Killing of animals

        6. 6.Compensation

        7. 7.Slaughter or sale for human consumption

      2. PART 2 Production of protein and feedingstuffs

        1. 8.Fishmeal for feeding to non-ruminant farmed animals

        2. 9.Offences relating to fishmeal and feedingstuffs containing fishmeal

        3. 10.Feedingstuffs containing dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate for feeding to non ruminant farmed animals

        4. 11.Offences relating to feedingstuffs containing dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate for feeding to non-ruminant animals

        5. 12.Blood products and blood meal

        6. 13.Offences relating to feedingstuffs containing blood products or blood meal

        7. 14.Change in use of equipment

        8. 15.Conditions applying to the storage and transport of bulk quantities of protein products and feedingstuffs containing such proteins

        9. 16.Conditions applying to the manufacture and transport of petfood or feedingstuffs

        10. 17.Export of processed animal protein to third countries

        11. 18.Fertilisers

        12. 19.Record keeping for transport etc. of reject petfood

        13. 20.Cross-contamination of materials originating from premises where processed animal proteins (except fishmeal) are in use

        14. 21.Registration of home compounders and transporters

        15. 22.Duties of home compounders and transporters

        16. 23.Suspension and amendment of registration of home compounders and transporters

        17. 24.Revocation of registration of home compounders and transporters

        18. 25.Savings

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      Specified risk material, mechanically separated meat and slaughtering techniques

      1. CONTENTS

        1. 1.Functions of the Food Standards Agency

        2. 2.Training

        3. 3.Mechanically separated meat

        4. 4.Pithing

        5. 5.Tongue harvesting

        6. 6.Head meat harvesting

        7. 7.Removal of specified risk material

        8. 8.Bovine animals in a slaughterhouse

        9. 9.Sheep and goats in a slaughterhouse

        10. 10.Young lamb and goat stamps

        11. 11.Removal of spinal cord from sheep and goats

        12. 12.Authorisation of cutting plants by the Food Standards Agency

        13. 13.Removal of specified risk material at a cutting plant authorised...

        14. 14.Meat from another member State

        15. 15.Staining and disposal of specified risk material

        16. 16.Scheme animals

        17. 17.Security of specified risk material

        18. 18.Prohibition on the dispatch of heads and un-split carcases to...

        19. 19.Prohibition on the supply of specified risk material for human...

        20. 20.Transitional provisions

        21. 21.Definitions of Community legislation

        22. 1.Functions of the Food Standards Agency

        23. 2.Training

        24. 3.Mechanically separated meat

        25. 4.Pithing

        26. 5.Tongue harvesting

        27. 6.Head meat harvesting

        28. 7.Removal of specified risk material

        29. 8.Bovine animals in a slaughterhouse

        30. 9.Sheep and goats in a slaughterhouse

        31. 10.Young lamb and goat stamps

        32. 11.Removal of spinal cord from sheep and goats

        33. 12.Authorisation of cutting plants by the Food Standards Agency

        34. 13.Removal of specified risk material at a cutting plant authorised under paragraph 12(1)

        35. 14.Meat from another member State

        36. 15.Staining and disposal of specified risk material

        37. 16.Scheme animals

        38. 17.Security of specified risk material

        39. 18.Prohibition on the dispatch of heads and un-split carcases to other member States

        40. 19.Prohibition on the supply of specified risk material for human consumption

        41. 20.Transitional provisions

        42. 21.Definitions of Community legislation

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      Restrictions on placing on the market and export

      1. 1.Placing on the market or export to third countries of bovine products

      2. 2.Placing on the market or export to third countries of bovine animals

      3. 3.Exports to third countries of products containing specified risk material

      4. 4.Functions of the Food Standards Agency

    8. SCHEDULE 8

      Miscellaneous Amendments

      1. The Animal By-Products (Scotland) Regulations 2003

        1. 1.In the definition of “ inspector ” in regulation 2...

      2. The Feeding Stuffs (Scotland) Regulations 2005

        1. 2.(1) The Feedingstuffs (Scotland) Regulations 2005 are amended as follows....

      3. The Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Regulations 2005

        1. 3.The Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Regulations 2005 are...

        2. 4.In regulation 2(1), in the paragraph defining Community legislation, after...

        3. 5.In Schedule 1, after the definition of “ Directive 2004/41...

        4. 6.In paragraph (a) of Schedule 3– (a) after sub paragraph...

    9. SCHEDULE 9

      Consequential Amendments

      1. The Animal By-Products (Identification) Regulations 1995

        1. 1.For regulation 3(3)(b) of the Animal By Products (Identification) Regulations...

      2. The Rendering (Fluid Treatment) (Scotland) Order 2001

        1. 2.In article 2 of the Rendering (Fluid Treatment) (Scotland) Order...

      3. The Meat Products (Scotland) Regulations 2004

        1. 3.The Meat Products (Scotland) Regulations 2004 are amended as follows....

        2. 4.In regulation 2 (interpretation), for “regulation 49 of the TSE...

        3. 5.In regulation 6 (parts of the carcase in uncooked meat...

    10. SCHEDULE 10

      REVOCATIONS

  7. Explanatory Note