4.—(1) The provisions of Schedules 2 to 6 do not apply in relation to animals kept for the purposes of research in approved research premises.
(2) If a bovine animal, sheep or goat kept in approved research premises or its progeny dies or is killed, the occupier of the premises shall 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. L 273, 10.2.02, p.1 as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 208/2006, O.J. No. L 36, 8.2.06, p.25.