Animal By-Products Order 1992

Restriction on disposal of animal by-products referred to in Part I of Schedule 1

5.—(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) below any person who has in his possession or under his control any animal by-product referred to in Part I of Schedule 1 shall dispose of it by one of the following methods, namely—

(a) by rendering in approved premises;

(b) by incineration;

(c) by burial.

(2) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) below the provisions of paragraph (1) above shall not apply to—

(a) the use of any such by-product for scientific purposes;

(b) the distribution of any such by-product referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (e) of Part I of Schedule 1, or use of any such by-product at a knacker’s yard or at premises used for feeding zoo, circus or fur animals, recognized packs of hounds or for feeding to maggots farmed for fishing bait;

(c) the use, under the authority of a licence from the Minister, of any such byproduct for the production of material that has not been fully rendered subject to the final disposal of that by-product in accordance with paragraph (1) above.

(3) The Minister may, if he thinks it expedient to do so, require, by notice, any such byproduct to be disposed of by incineration or burial.