The Specified Bovine Material (No. 3) Order 1996

Approved collection centres

16.—(1) Any person delivering specified bovine material to an approved collection centre shall state in writing to the operator of the collection centre concerned the place from which that specified bovine material was collected for delivery to that collection centre.

(2) No person shall take delivery of specified bovine material at a collection centre, or operate a collection centre for specified bovine material, unless it has been approved by the appropriate Minister and has sufficient facilities for storing and handling specified bovine material in a manner which keeps it separate from other animal material.

(3) The operator of an approved collection centre shall record on arrival of specified bovine material at the premises—

(a) the weight of the specified bovine material delivered;

(b) the date of delivery; and

(c) the place from which it was consigned,

and shall keep such records for two years from the date of arrival.

(4) The operator of an approved collection centre shall ensure that all specified bovine material in the collection centre is kept separate from all other animal material.

(5) No person shall remove specified bovine material from an approved collection centre except to an approved renderer or an approved incinerator, and shall keep a record for two years from the date of consignment of the weight of any specified bovine material consigned, the date of such consignment and the point of destination.