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Prescribed Waste

2.—(1) Section 57 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (power of Secretary of State to require waste to be accepted, treated, disposed of or delivered) shall have effect in Wales as if references to controlled waste included references to any waste which is from premises used for agriculture within the meaning of the Agriculture Act 1947(1)and which consist of—

(a)subject to paragraph (3), carcasses (or parts of carcasses, including blood) of animals specified in paragraph (2); or

(b)rendered material or ash resulting from the rendering or burning of carcasses (or parts of carcasses, including blood) of animals specified in paragraph (2).

(2) The animals referred to in paragraph (1)(a) and (b) are animals which—

(a)are cattle, sheep, goats, any other ruminating animals or swine; and

(b)are slaughtered as a direct or indirect result of measures taken in connection with foot-and-mouth disease.

(3) Paragraph (1)(a) shall not apply to cattle born before 1st August 1996.