1998 No. 3071
The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) (Amendment) Order 1998
Made
Coming into force
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1, 8(1), 15(4), 32(2), 34(7), 35(1) and (1A), 36(5)(a), 72 and 83(2) of the Animal Health Act 19811 hereby make the following Order:–
Title and commencement1
This Order may be cited as the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 4th January 1999.
Amendment of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) Order 19962
Article 4(1) of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) Order 19962 shall be amended as follows–
a
the definition of “exposed animal” shall be revoked and the following definition substituted–
“exposed animal” means a bovine animal, other than an offspring animal, which has been exposed to the infection of the disease;
b
after the definition of “MBM product” the following definition shall be inserted–
“offspring animal” means a bovine animal born on or after 1st August 1996 in the United Kingdom to a dam which–
- a
was affected or suspected of being affected with the disease when it gave birth to the animal; or
- b
has subsequently become affected or suspected of being affected with the disease;
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
(This note is not part of the Order)