Amendment of the Specified Bovine Material (No. 3) Order 19962

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In Article 2(1) of the Specified Bovine Material (No. 3) Order 19963 the definition of scheme animal shall be replaced by the following definition–

  • “scheme animal” means a bovine animal–

    1. a

      which has been slaughtered pursuant to the purchase scheme introduced under Commission Regulation (EC) No. 716/964 adopting exceptional support measures for the beef market in the United Kingdom; or

    2. 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.