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The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Scotland) Regulations 2006

Type Scottish-Statutory-Instrument
Publication 2006-11-01
Last updated 2011-03-04
State In force
Jurisdiction Scotland
Department King's Printer for Scotland
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Made: 1st November 2006

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 2nd November 2006

Coming into force: 24th November 2006

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf after consultation as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety , hereby make the following Regulations:

PART 1 — General provisions

Citation, commencement and extent

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Interpretation

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Appointment of competent authority

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Exception for research

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PART 2 — Introduction of Schedules

The Schedules

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PART 3 — Administration and enforcement

Approvals, authorisations, licences and registrations

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Occupier's duty

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Suspension and amendment

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Revocation of approvals, etc.

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Appeals procedure

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Valuations

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Appointment of inspectors

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Powers of entry

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Powers of inspectors

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Notices

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Notices restricting movement

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Obstruction

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Penalties

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Offences by bodies corporate

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Enforcement

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Miscellaneous amendments

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The miscellaneous amendments specified in Schedule 8 shall have effect.

Consequential amendments

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Revocations

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SCHEDULE 1 — Instruments relevant to the Community TSE Regulation

The Community TSE Regulation has been amended by, and shall be read with–

  • (a) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1248/2001 amending Annexes III, X and XI to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards epidemio surveillance and testing of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies[^f00010];
  • (b) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1326/2001 laying down transitional measures to permit the changeover to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, and amending Annexes VII and XI to that Regulation[^f00011];
  • (c) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 270/2002 amending Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards specified risk material and epidemio surveillance for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and amending Regulation (EC) No. 1326/2001 as regards animal feeding and placing on the market of ovine and caprine animals and products thereof[^f00012];
  • (d) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1494/2002 amending Annexes III, VII and XI to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and the Council as regards monitoring of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, eradication of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, removal of specified risk materials and rules for importation of live animals and products of animal origin[^f00013];
  • (e) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 260/2003 amending Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the eradication of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in ovine and caprine animals and rules for the trade in live ovine and caprine animals and bovine embryos[^f00014];
  • (f) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 650/2003 amending Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the import of live ovine and caprine animals[^f00015];
  • (h) Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded[^f00017];
  • (i) Regulation (EC) No. 1128/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 as regards the extension of the period for transitional measures[^f00018];
  • (j) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1139/2003 amending Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards monitoring programmes and specified risk material[^f00019];
  • (k) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2003 amending Annexes I, IV and XI to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No. 1326/2001 as regards transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and animal feeding[^f00020];
  • (l) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1809/2003 amending Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for importation of live bovine animals and products of bovine, ovine and caprine origin from Costa Rica and New Caledonia[^f00021];
  • (m) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1915/2003 amending Annexes VII, VIII and IX to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the trade and import of ovine and caprine animals and the measures following the confirmation of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in bovine, ovine and caprine animals[^f00022];
  • (n) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2245/2003 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in ovine and caprine animals[^f00023];
  • (o) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 876/2004 amending Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards trade in ovine and caprine animals for breeding[^f00024];
  • (p) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1471/2004 amending Annex XI to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the import of cervid products from Canada and the United States[^f00025];
  • (q) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1492/2004 amending Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards eradication measures for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in bovine, ovine and caprine animals, the trade and importation of semen and embryos of ovine and caprine animals and specified risk material[^f00026];
  • (s) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 36/2005 amending Annexes III and X to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards epidemio-surveillance for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in bovine, ovine and caprine animals[^f00028];
  • (t) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 214/2005 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in caprine animals[^f00029];
  • (v) Regulation (EC) No. 932/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies as regards the extension of the period for transitional measures[^f00031];
  • (w) Commission Decision 2005/598/EC prohibiting the placing on the market of products derived from bovine animals born or reared within the United Kingdom before 1st August 1996 for any purpose and exempting such animals from certain control and eradication measures laid down in Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001[^f00032];
  • (x) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1292/2005 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards animal nutrition[^f00033];
  • (y) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1974/2005 amending Annexes X and XI to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards national reference laboratories and specified risk material[^f00034];
  • (z) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 253/2006 amending Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rapid tests and measures for the eradication of TSEs in ovine and caprine animals[^f00035];
  • (aa) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 339/2006 amending Annex XI to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the rules for importation of live bovine animals and products of bovine, ovine and caprine origin[^f00036];
  • (cc) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 688/2006 amending Annexes III and XI to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and specified risk material of bovine animals in Sweden[^f00038]; and
  • (dd) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1041/2006 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in ovine animals[^f00039].

SCHEDULE 2 — TSE monitoring

CONTENTS

1. Notifications for the purposes of monitoring under Article 6 of the Community TSE Regulation 13
2. Consignment and slaughter of over-age bovine animals 14
3. Brain stem sampling of bovine animals 14
4. Slaughter of bovine animals over 30 months of age 14
5. Retention of products and disposal 15
6. Compensation 15
7. Animal identification and separation 16
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8. Brain stem sampling 16
9. Correlation of sample to carcase and all other parts of the body 17
10. Retention of carcases 17
11. Retention of parts of the body 17
12. Disposal before receipt of the result 17
13. Other measures following sampling 17
14. Removal of vertebral column 17

PART 1 — Monitoring for TSE

Notifications for the purposes of monitoring under Article 6 of the Community TSE Regulation

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Consignment and slaughter of over-age bovine animals

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For the purpose of monitoring under Article 6 of the Community TSE Regulation, a person who has possession or control of the body of a goat aged 18 months or over at death, must–

  • (a) within 24 hours from the time when the animal dies or is killed or the body comes into that person’s possession or control notify the Scottish Ministers; and
  • (b) where the Scottish Ministers direct, detain it until it has been collected by or on behalf of the Scottish Ministers,

and failure to do so is an offence.

  • (2) This paragraph does not apply in relation to goats slaughtered for human consumption or killed in accordance with Schedule 4.

Brain stem sampling of bovine animals

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  • (1) For the purpose of monitoring under Article 6 of the Amended Community TSE Regulation, a person who has possession or control of the body of a bovine animal over 48 months of age must, unless directed otherwise by the Scottish Ministers, within 24 hours either–
  • (a) make arrangements with another person for that other person to collect it and deliver it to an approved sampling site; or
  • (b) identify an approved sampling site that will carry out the sampling and deliver the animal to that site so as to arrive at the site within 72 hours,

and failure to do so is an offence.

  • (2) The periods of 24 and 72 hours referred to in sub paragraph (1) run from the time when the animal died or was killed or came into the possession or control of the person to whom the requirements of that sub paragraph apply.

Slaughter of bovine animals over 30 months of age

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If a bovine animal was born or reared in the United Kingdom before 1st August 1996, it is an offence–

  • (a) to consign it to a slaughterhouse for human consumption (whether the animal is alive or dead); or
  • (b) to slaughter it for human consumption in a slaughterhouse.

Retention of products and disposal

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  • (1) The occupier of a slaughterhouse in which a bovine animal which must be tested in accordance with point 2(1) or 2(2) of Part I of Chapter A of Annex III to the Amended Community TSE Regulation is slaughtered shall–
  • (a) take a sample of brain stem in accordance with point 1 of Chapter C of Annex X to the Community TSE Regulation; and
  • (b) arrange for it to be delivered to an approved testing laboratory,

and failure to do so is an offence.

  • (2) The Scottish Ministers must, by means of a notice, notify the occupier of a slaughterhouse if a bovine animal comes into the categories specified in point 2(1) of Part I of Chapter A to Annex III to the Amended Community TSE Regulation (except in the case of a dead animal consigned to a slaughterhouse with a written declaration from a veterinary surgeon that it falls into one of those categories).
  • (3) In accordance with point 5 of Part I of Chapter A of Annex III to the Community TSE Regulation, the Scottish Ministers may serve a notice on the occupier of a slaughterhouse requiring the occupier to sample and send for testing in accordance with sub paragraph (1) any bovine animal slaughtered there.

Compensation

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  • (1) It is an offence for the occupier of a slaughterhouse to use the slaughterhouse to slaughter for human consumption a bovine animal aged over 30 months unless the Scottish Ministers have approved the Required Method of Operation (referred to in this Schedule as “RMOP”) for that slaughterhouse and that occupier.
  • (2) The RMOP shall, as a minimum–
  • (a) describe the procedures that will be followed to comply with Part 1; and
  • (b) describe all the systems and procedures specified in Part 2.
  • (3) The Scottish Ministers shall approve the RMOP if they are satisfied that all the requirements of the Amended Community TSE Regulation and these Regulations will be complied with, and the occupier shall demonstrate this by means of an assessment of 2 days duration in which bovine animals are slaughtered (using bovine animals under 30 months old unless the slaughterhouse is operating for the purposes of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 716/96 adopting exceptional support measures for the beef market in the United Kingdom).
  • (4) If a bovine animal aged over 30 months is slaughtered for human consumption other than in accordance with the RMOP, the occupier of the slaughterhouse is guilty of an offence.

PART 2 — Contents of a RMOP

Animal identification and separation

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  • (1) In relation to any sampled bovine animal, the occupier of a slaughterhouse, hide market or tannery shall, for the purpose of point 6(3) of Part I of Chapter A of Annex III to the Community TSE Regulation and pending receipt of the test result, either–
  • (a) retain all carcases and all parts of the body (including the blood and the hide) that will have to be disposed of in the event of a positive result; or
  • (b) dispose of them in accordance with sub paragraph (2).
  • (2) For the purposes of points 6(4) and 6(5) of that Part, if a positive result is received for a sampled bovine animal, the occupier of the slaughterhouse shall immediately dispose of–
  • (a) the carcase and all parts of the body of that animal (including the blood and the hide); and
  • (b) unless a derogation has been granted under point 6(6) of that Part, the carcase and all parts of the body (including the blood and the hide) of the animal immediately preceding that animal on the slaughter line and the 2 animals immediately following it,

in accordance with point 6(4) of that Part.

  • (3) If no sample has been sent to an approved testing laboratory for testing in accordance with paragraph 5, or if a no test result is received, in respect of a bovine animal required to be tested under this Schedule, the occupier of the slaughterhouse shall immediately dispose of–
  • (a) the carcase and all parts of the body (including the blood and the hide) of that animal; and
  • (b) unless a derogation has been granted under point 6(6) of Part I of Chapter A of Annex III to the Community TSE Regulation, the carcase and all parts of the body (including the blood but not the hide) of the animal immediately preceding that animal on the slaughter line and the 2 animals immediately following it,

in accordance with point 6(4) of that Part.

  • (4) The Scottish Ministers may grant in writing a derogation under point 6(6) of Part I of Chapter A of Annex III to the Community TSE Regulation if they are satisfied that there is a system in place that prevents contamination between carcases.
  • (5) In relation to any sampled sheep or goat, the occupier of a slaughterhouse, hide market or tannery shall–
  • (a) for the purposes of point 7(3) of Part II of Chapter A of Annex III to the Community TSE Regulation, retain the carcase and all parts of the body (including the blood and the hide) pending receipt of the test result; and
  • (b) in the event of a positive result, immediately dispose of the carcase and all parts of the body (including the blood and the hide) in accordance with point 7(4) of that Part.
  • (6) Any person who fails to comply with sub paragraphs (1) to (3) or (5) is guilty of an offence.

Brain stem sampling

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  • (1) If a bovine animal slaughtered for human consumption tests positive, the Scottish Ministers shall pay compensation for the carcase and all parts of the body (including the blood and the hide) of–
  • (a) that animal; and
  • (b) if they are destroyed because of that positive result, the animal immediately preceding it on the slaughter line and the 2 animals immediately following it.
  • (2) In the case of a bovine animal for which a no test result is received the Scottish Ministers shall–
  • (a) inform the owner in writing whether they intend to pay compensation for–
  • (i) the carcase and all parts of the body (including the blood and the hide) of that animal; and
  • (ii) if they are destroyed because of that no test result, the carcase and all parts of the body (including the blood but not the hide) of the animal immediately preceding it on the slaughter line and the 2 animals immediately following it; and
  • (b) if they do not intend to pay compensation, give their reasons in writing, and the appeals procedure in regulation 10 applies.
  • (3) The compensation is the market value, established under the procedure in regulation 11, with the occupier paying any fee arising for nominating and employing a valuer.
  • (4) Compensation is not payable in any other case.

Correlation of sample to carcase and all other parts of the body

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A person with whom arrangements are made under paragraph 3(a) for the delivery of a body to an approved sampling site must, unless directed otherwise by the Scottish Ministers, within 48 hours of the time when the body comes into that person’s possession or control–

  • (a) identify an approved sampling site that will carry out the sampling; and
  • (b) ensure it is delivered to that site,

and failure to do so is an offence.

Retention of carcases

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Any person who destroys the body of a bovine animal to which paragraph 3 applies before it has undergone sampling at an approved sampling site, except in accordance with a direction of the Scottish Ministers, commits an offence.

Retention of parts of the body

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An approved sampling site to which the body of a bovine animal has been sent for sampling in accordance with this Part must retain it in accordance with point 6(3) of Part I of Chapter A of Annex III to the Community TSE Regulation, and failure to do so is an offence.

Disposal before receipt of the result

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  • (1) The requirements of paragraphs 2 and 3 do not apply in an island area.
  • (2) In this paragraph, “island area” means–
  • (a) islands in the area of the Argyll and Bute Council, excluding the island of Bute;
  • (b) the area of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar;
  • (c) islands in the area of the Highland Council, excluding the island of Skye;
  • (d) the area of the Orkney Islands Council; and
  • (e) the area of the Shetland Islands Council.

Other measures following sampling

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The Scottish Ministers must on application approve a sampling site to sample animals to which paragraph 3 applies if satisfied that the sampling site has adequate control procedures to carry out the sampling.

Removal of vertebral column

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  • (1) The Scottish Ministers must approve laboratories to test samples taken under paragraph 5 if the Scottish Ministers are satisfied that the laboratory–
  • (a) will carry out the testing in accordance with Chapter C of Annex X to the Community TSE Regulation;
  • (b) has adequate quality control procedures; and
  • (c) has adequate procedures to ensure the correct identification of the samples and notification of the test results to the consigning slaughterhouse and to the Scottish Ministers.
  • (2) The Scottish Ministers may charge the fees set out in the following table for the initial approval and ongoing quality assessment of a laboratory–

SCHEDULE 3 — Control and eradication of TSE in bovine animals

CONTENTS

1. Notification 18
2. Restriction of a notified animal 18
3. Killing of a suspect animal 18
4. Identification and restriction of progeny and cohorts 19
5. Action following confirmation 19
6. Death while under restriction 20
7. Placing on the market of progeny 20
8. When compensation is payable 20 20
9. Amount of compensation payable 20
10. Exceptions 21 21

Notification

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Restriction of a notified animal

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Killing of a suspect animal

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Identification and restriction of progeny and cohorts

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Action following confirmation

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Death while under restriction

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Placing on the market of progeny

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When compensation is payable

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Amount of compensation payable

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Exceptions

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SCHEDULE 4 — Control and eradication of TSE in sheep and goats

CONTENTS

1. Notification 22
2. Restriction of a notified animal 23
3. Killing of a suspect animal 23
4. Movement restrictions 23
5. Action where TSE is not confirmed 23
6. Action following confirmation of TSE in sheep 23
7. Action following confirmation of TSE in goats 24
8. Action following confirmation of BSE in sheep or goats 24
9. Time for appeals 24
10. Killing and destruction following confirmation 24
11. Animals from another holding 25
12. Common grazing 25
13. Multiple flocks on a holding 25
14. Subsequent occupiers 25
15. Introduction of animals onto a holding 25
16. Use of ovine germinal products 25
17. Movement of animals from a holding 25
18. Period of movement restrictions 25
19. Death while under restriction 25
20. Placing on the market of progeny of sheep or goats in which BSE is confirmed 26
21. Notification while the holding is under restriction 26
22. Derogations 26
23. Compensation for animals killed as suspect animals 27
24. Compensation for animals killed and products destroyed following confirmation 27 27
25. Valuations 27 27

Notification

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Restriction of a notified animal

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Killing of a suspect animal

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Movement restrictions

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Action where TSE is not confirmed

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Action following confirmation of TSE in sheep

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Action following confirmation of TSE in goats

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Action following confirmation of BSE in sheep or goats

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Time for appeals

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Killing and destruction following confirmation

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Animals from another holding

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Common grazing

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Multiple flocks on a holding

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Subsequent occupiers

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Introduction of animals onto a holding

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Use of ovine germinal products

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Movement of animals from a holding

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Period of movement restrictions

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Death while under restriction

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Placing on the market of progeny of sheep or goats in which BSE is confirmed

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Notification while the holding is under restriction

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Derogations

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Compensation payable for animals killed as suspect animals

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Compensation for animals killed or products destroyed following confirmation

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Valuations

25

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SCHEDULE 5 — Feedingstuffs

CONTENTS

1. Prohibition on feeding animal protein to ruminants 29
2. Prohibition on feeding animal protein to non-ruminants 29
3. Exceptions 30
4. Movement prohibitions and restrictions of animals 30
5. Killing of animals 31
6. Compensation 31
7. Slaughter or sale for human consumption 31
8. Fishmeal for feeding to non-ruminant farmed animals 31
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9. Offences relating to fishmeal and feedingstuffs containing fishmeal 32
10. Feedingstuffs containing dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate for feeding to non ruminant farmed animals 32
11. Offences relating to feedingstuffs containing dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate for feeding to non-ruminant animals 32
12. Blood products and blood meal 33
13. Offences relating to feedingstuffs containing blood products or blood meal 34
14. Change in use of equipment 34
15. Conditions applying to the storage and transport of bulk quantities of protein products and feedingstuffs containing such proteins 34
16. Conditions applying to the manufacture and transport of petfood or feedingstuffs 35
17. Export of processed animal protein to third countries 35
18. Fertilisers 35
19. Record keeping for transport etc. of reject petfood 35
20. Cross-contamination of materials originating from premises where processed animal proteins (except fishmeal) are in use 36 36
21. Registration of home compounders and transporters 36 36
22. Duties of home compounders and transporters 36 36
23. Suspension and amendment of registration of home compounders and transporters 36 36
24. Revocation of registration of home compounders and transporters 37 37
25. Savings 37

PART 1 — Restrictions on feeding proteins to animals

Prohibition on feeding animal protein to ruminants

1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Prohibition on feeding animal protein to non-ruminants

2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Exceptions

3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Movement prohibitions and restrictions of animals

4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Killing of animals

5

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Compensation

6

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Slaughter or sale for human consumption

7

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PART 2 — Production of protein and feedingstuffs

Fishmeal for feeding to non-ruminant farmed animals

8

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Offences relating to fishmeal and feedingstuffs containing fishmeal

9

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Feedingstuffs containing dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate for feeding to non ruminant farmed animals

10

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Offences relating to feedingstuffs containing dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate for feeding to non-ruminant animals

11

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Blood products and blood meal

12

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Offences relating to feedingstuffs containing blood products or blood meal

13

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Change in use of equipment

14

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Conditions applying to the storage and transport of bulk quantities of protein products and feedingstuffs containing such proteins

15

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Conditions applying to the manufacture and transport of petfood or feedingstuffs

16

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Export of processed animal protein to third countries

17

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fertilisers

18

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Record keeping for transport etc. of reject petfood

19

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cross-contamination of materials originating from premises where processed animal proteins (except fishmeal) are in use

20

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Registration of home compounders and transporters

21

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Duties of home compounders and transporters

22

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Suspension and amendment of registration of home compounders and transporters

23

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Revocation of registration of home compounders and transporters

24

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Savings

25

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SCHEDULE 6 — Specified risk material, mechanically separated meat and slaughtering techniques

CONTENTS

1. Functions of the Food Standards Agency 38
2. Local authorities' duties with regards to butcher shops 39
3. Training 39
4. Mechanically recovered meat 39
5. Pithing 39
6. Tongue harvesting 39
7. Head meat harvesting 39
8. Removal of specified risk material 39
9. Bovine animals in a slaughterhouse 40
10. Sheep and goats in a slaughterhouse 40
11. Young lamb and goat stamps 41
12. Removal of spinal cord from sheep and goats 41
13. Authorisation of cutting plants by the Food Standards Agency 42
14. Authorisation and registration of butcher shops by local authorities 42
15. Removal of specified risk material at a cutting plant authorised under paragraph 13(1) 42
16. Removal of bovine vertebral column that is specified risk material at a cutting plant not authorised under paragraph 13(1)(a) 43
17. Removal of bovine vertebral column that is specified risk material at a butcher shop authorised and registered under paragraph 14 43
18. Meat from another member State 43
19. Staining and disposal of specified risk material 43
20. Scheme animals 43
21. Security of specified risk material 44
22. Prohibition on the supply of specified risk material for human consumption 44
23. Savings 44

Functions of the Food Standards Agency

1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Local authorities' duties with regards to butcher shops

2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Training

3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mechanically recovered meat

4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pithing

5

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tongue harvesting

6

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Head meat harvesting

7

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Removal of specified risk material

8

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Bovine animals in a slaughterhouse

9

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sheep and goats in a slaughterhouse

10

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Young lamb and goat stamps

11

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Removal of spinal cord from sheep and goats

12

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Authorisation of cutting plants by the Food Standards Agency

13

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Authorisation and registration of butcher shops by local authorities

14

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Removal of specified risk material at a cutting plant authorised under paragraph 13(1)

15

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Removal of bovine vertebral column that is specified risk material at a cutting plant not authorised under paragraph 13(1)(a)

16

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Removal of bovine vertebral column that is specified risk material at a butcher shop authorised and registered under paragraph 14

17

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Carcases from another member State

18

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Staining and disposal of specified risk material

19

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Scheme animals

20

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Security of specified risk material

21

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Prohibition on the supply of specified risk material for human consumption

22

It is an offence for any person to sell or supply–

  • (a) any specified risk material, or any food containing specified risk material, for human consumption; or
  • (b) any specified risk material for use in the preparation of any food for human consumption.

Savings

23

In this Schedule–

SCHEDULE 7 — Restrictions on placing on the market and export

CONTENTS

1. Restrictions on dispatch to other member States and to third countries 45
2. Exports to third countries 45

Restrictions on dispatch to other member States and to third countries

1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Exports to third countries

2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SCHEDULE 8 — Miscellaneous Amendments

The Animal By-Products (Scotland) Regulations 2003

1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Feeding Stuffs (Scotland) Regulations 2005

2
  • (1) The Feedingstuffs (Scotland) Regulations 2005 are amended as follows.
  • (2) In regulation 2, for the definition of “mammalian meat and bone meal” substitute–
  • “mammalian meat and bone meal” means–
  • any mammalian protein (including greaves) derived from the whole or part or any part of any dead mammal by–
    1. the process of rendering; or
    2. in the case of a product originating outside of Scotland, by an equivalent process; or
  • any material derived from mammalian protein,
  • (3) In regulation 2, for the definition of “processed animal protein”substitute–
  • “processed animal protein” means meat and bone meal, meat meal, bone meal, blood meal, dried plasma and other blood products, hydrolysed protein, hoof meal, horn meal, poultry offal meal, feather meal, dry greaves, fishmeal, dicalcium phosphate, gelatine and any other similar products, and includes mixtures, feedingstuffs, feed additives and premixtures, containing these products; but does not include mammalian meat and bone meal;

The Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Regulations 2005

3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SCHEDULE 9 — Consequential Amendments

The Animal By-Products (Identification) Regulations 1995

1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Rendering (Fluid Treatment) (Scotland) Order 2001

2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Meat Products (Scotland) Regulations 2004

3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SCHEDULE 10 — REVOCATIONS

Column 1 – enactment Column 2 – references Column 3 – extent
The Specified Risk Material Order 1997 S.I. 1997/2964 Articles 1 to 4, 6 and 15–18 and Schedules 1 and 2
The Specified Risk Material Regulations 1997 S.I. 1997/2965 The whole Regulations
The Specified Risk Material (Amendment) Regulations 1997 S.I. 1997/3062 The whole Regulations
The Specified Risk Material (Amendment) Regulations 1998 S.I. 1998/2405 The whole Regulations
The Specified Risk Material (Coming into Force Date) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 S.I. 1998/2431 The whole Regulations
The Specified Risk Material (Inspection Charges) Regulations 1999 S.I. 1999/539 The whole Regulations
The Specified Risk Material Order Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2000 S.S.I. 2000/344 The whole Regulations
The Specified Risk Material Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2000 S.S.I. 2000/345 The whole Regulations
The Specified Risk Material Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2001 S.S.I. 2001/3 The whole Regulations
The Specified Risk Material Order Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2001 S.S.I. 2001/4 The whole Regulations
The Restriction on Pithing (Scotland) Regulations 2001 S.S.I. 2001/73 The whole Regulations
The Specified Risk Material Amendment (No. 2) (Scotland) Regulations 2001 S.S.I. 2001/86 The whole Regulations
The Processed Animal Protein (Scotland) Regulations 2001 S.S.I. 2001/276 The whole Regulations
The Specified Risk Material Amendment (Scotland) Order 2001 S.S.I. 2001/287 The whole Order
The Specified Risk Material Amendment (No. 3) (Scotland) Regulations 2001 S.S.I. 2001/288 The whole Regulations
The Processed Animal Protein Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2001 S.S.I. 2001/383 The whole Regulations
The TSE (Scotland) Regulations 2002 S.S.I. 2002/255 The whole Regulations
The TSE (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003 S.S.I. 2003/198 The whole Regulations
The Animal By-Products (Scotland) Regulations 2003 S.S.I. 2003/411 Regulation 5(1) and Part 1 of Schedule 5
The TSE (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2004 S.S.I. 2004/277 The whole Regulations
The TSE (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2005 S.S.I. 2005/173 The whole Regulations
The TSE (Scotland) Amendment (No 2) Regulations 2005 S.S.I. 2005/469 The whole Regulations
The Food Hygiene (Scotland) Regulations 2006 S.S.I. 2006/3 Paragraphs 35 to 42 of Schedule 7
The TSE (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2006 S.S.I. 2006/46 The whole Regulations
The TSE (Scotland) Amendment (No 2) Regulations 2006 S.S.I. 2006/231 The whole Regulations
The TSE (Scotland) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2006 S.S.I. 2006/430 The whole Regulations

Signed

ROSS FINNIE — A member of the Scottish Executive — 2006-11-01

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The main regulationsRegulation 3 provides that the Scottish Ministers are the competent authority for the purposes of the Community TSE Regulation (except in Schedule 6, where the competent authority is the Food Standards Agency).

Schedule 1Schedule 1 lists the EU instruments that amend the Community TSE Regulation No. 999/2001.

Schedule 2Schedule 2 deals with monitoring for TSEs.

Schedule 3Schedule 3 deals with control and eradication of TSEs in bovine animals.

Schedule 4Schedule 4 deals with control and eradication of TSE in sheep and goats.

Schedule 5Schedule 5 deals with feedingstuffs.

Schedule 6Schedule 6 deals with the removal and treatment of specified risk material, mechanically recovered meat and slaughtering techniques. Paragraph 1 appoints the Food Standards Agency as the competent authority for this Schedule. Paragraph 2 imposes certain duties on local authorities in relation to butcher shops.

Schedule 7Paragraph 1 prohibits the dispatch of certain live animals, meat and certain specified risk material to other member States and to third countries. Paragraph 2 prohibits the dispatch of bovine heads and meat containing specified risk material to third countries.

Schedules 8, 9 and 10Schedule 8 makes miscellaneous amendments to other statutory instruments, Schedule 9 makes consequential amendments to other statutory instruments and Schedule 10 contains revocations.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), Schedule 8, paragraph 15(3). The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2) of the 1972 Act, insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998.

[^f00002]: O.J. No. L 31, 1.2.02, p.1 as amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1642/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (O.J. No. L 245, 29.9.93, p.4) and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 575/2006 amending Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the number and names of the permanent Scientific Panels of the European Food Safety Authority.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1998/87; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2006/1538.

[^f00004]: O.J. No. L 147, 31.5.01, p.1.

[^f00005]: 1994 c. 39.

[^f00006]: O.J. No. L 165, 30.4.04, p.1. The revised text of Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 is now set out in a Corrigendum (O.J. No. L 191, 28.5.04, p.1).

[^f00007]: O.J. No. L 139, 30.4.04, p.55. The revised text of Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004 is now set out in a Corrigendum (O.J. No. L 226, 25.6.04, p.22).

[^f00008]: 2000 c. 7.

[^f00009]: O.J. No. L 273, 10.2.02, p.1 as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 208/2006, O.J. No. L 36, 8.2.06, p.25.

[^f00010]: O.J. No. L 173, 27.6.01, p.12.

[^f00011]: O.J. No. L 177, 30.6.01, p.60.

[^f00012]: O.J. No. L 45, 15.2.02, p.4.

[^f00013]: O.J. No. L 225, 22.8.02, p.3.

[^f00014]: O.J. No. L 37, 13.2.03, p.7.

[^f00015]: O.J. No. L 95, 11.4.03, p.15.

[^f00016]: O.J. No. L 152, 20.6.03, p.8.

[^f00017]: O.J. No. L 236, 23.9.03, p.33.

[^f00018]: O.J. No. L 160, 28.6.03, p.1.

[^f00019]: O.J. No. L 160, 28.6.03, p.22.

[^f00020]: O.J. No. L 173, 11.7.03, p.6.

[^f00021]: O.J. No. L 265, 16.10.03, p.10.

[^f00022]: O.J. No. L 283, 31.10.03, p.29.

[^f00023]: O.J. No. L 333, 20.12.03, p.28.

[^f00024]: O.J. No. L 162, 30.4.04, p.52.

[^f00025]: O.J. No. L 271, 19.8.04, p.24.

[^f00026]: O.J. No. L 274, 24.8.04, p.3.

[^f00027]: O.J. No. L 344, 20.11.04, p.12.

[^f00028]: O.J. No. L 10, 13.1.05, p.9.

[^f00029]: O.J. No. L 37, 10.2.05, p.9.

[^f00030]: O.J. No. L 46, 17.2.05, p.31.

[^f00031]: O.J. No. L 163, 23.6.05, p.1.

[^f00032]: O.J. No. L 204, 5.8.05, p.22.

[^f00033]: O.J. No. L 205, 6.8.05, p.3.

[^f00034]: O.J. No. L 317, 3.12.05, p.4.

[^f00035]: O.J. No. L 44, 15.2.06, p.9.

[^f00036]: O.J. No. L 55, 25.2.06, p.5.

[^f00037]: ) O.J. No. L 116, 29.4.06, p.9.

[^f00038]: O.J. No. L 120, 5.5.06, p.10.

[^f00039]: O.J. No. L 187, 8.7.06, p.10.

[^f00040]: O.J. No. L 99, 20.4.96, p.14, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2109/2005 (O.J. No. L 337, 22.12.05, p.25).

[^f00041]: ISBN 92-1-139097-4.

[^f00042]: O.J. No. L 139, 30.04.04, p.55. The revised text of Regulation (EC) No. 843/2004 is now set out in a Corrigendum (O.J. No. L 226, 25.6.04, p.22).

[^f00043]: O.J. No. L 125, 12.05.1984, p.58.

[^f00044]: O.J. No. L 273, 10.10.02, p.1 as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 209/2006 (O.J. No. L 36, 8.2.06, p.25).

[^f00045]: S.S.I. 2003/411, amended by S.S.I. 2006/3.

[^f00046]: S.S.I. 2002/255, relevant amending instrument is S.S.I. 2005/469.

[^f00047]: O.J. No. L 204, 11.8.00, p.1, as last amended by the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded (O.J. No. L 236, 23.9.03, p.33).

[^f00048]: O.J. No. L 165, 30.4.04, p.1. The revised text of Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 is now set out in Corrigendum (O.J. No. L 191, 28.5.04, p.1).

[^f00049]: O.J. No. L 139, 30.4.04, p.55. The revised text of Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004 is now set out in a Corrigendum (O.J. No. L 226, 25.6.04, p.22).

[^f00050]: Colour Index is published by the Society of Dyers and Colourists at Perkin House, 82 Grattan Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD1 2JB.

[^f00051]: O.J. No. L 99, 20.4.96, p.14, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2109/2005 (O.J. No. L 337, 22.12.05, p.25).

[^f00052]: S.S.I. 2002/255 as relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2003/411, 2006/3 and 2006/231.

[^f00053]: S.S.I. 2003/411, amended by S.S.I. 2006/3.

[^f00054]: S.S.I. 2005/605, amended by S.S.I. 2006/16.

[^f00055]: S.S.I. 2005/616, amended by S.S.I. 2006/3.

[^f00056]: O.J. No. L 147, 31.5.01, p.1.

[^f00057]: S.S.I. 1995/614.

[^f00058]: S.S.I. 2001/189.

[^f00059]: S.S.I. 2004/6.

The Community TSE Regulation has been amended by, and shall be read with–

  • (a) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1248/2001 amending Annexes III, X and XI to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards epidemio surveillance and testing of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies ;
  • (b) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1326/2001 laying down transitional measures to permit the changeover to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, and amending Annexes VII and XI to that Regulation ;
  • (c) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 270/2002 amending Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards specified risk material and epidemio surveillance for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and amending Regulation (EC) No. 1326/2001 as regards animal feeding and placing on the market of ovine and caprine animals and products thereof ;
  • (d) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1494/2002 amending Annexes III, VII and XI to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and the Council as regards monitoring of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, eradication of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, removal of specified risk materials and rules for importation of live animals and products of animal origin ;
  • (e) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 260/2003 amending Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the eradication of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in ovine and caprine animals and rules for the trade in live ovine and caprine animals and bovine embryos ;
  • (f) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 650/2003 amending Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the import of live ovine and caprine animals ;
  • (h) Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded ;
  • (i) Regulation (EC) No. 1128/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 as regards the extension of the period for transitional measures ;
  • (j) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1139/2003 amending Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards monitoring programmes and specified risk material ;
  • (l) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1809/2003 amending Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for importation of live bovine animals and products of bovine, ovine and caprine origin from Costa Rica and New Caledonia ;
  • (m) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1915/2003 amending Annexes VII, VIII and IX to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the trade and import of ovine and caprine animals and the measures following the confirmation of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in bovine, ovine and caprine animals ;
  • (n) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2245/2003 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in ovine and caprine animals ;
  • (o) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 876/2004 amending Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards trade in ovine and caprine animals for breeding ;
  • (p) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1471/2004 amending Annex XI to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the import of cervid products from Canada and the United States ;
  • (q) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1492/2004 amending Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards eradication measures for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in bovine, ovine and caprine animals, the trade and importation of semen and embryos of ovine and caprine animals and specified risk material ;
  • (s) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 36/2005 amending Annexes III and X to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards epidemio-surveillance for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in bovine, ovine and caprine animals ;
  • (t) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 214/2005 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in caprine animals ;
  • (v) Regulation (EC) No. 932/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies as regards the extension of the period for transitional measures ;
  • (w) Commission Decision 2005/598/EC prohibiting the placing on the market of products derived from bovine animals born or reared within the United Kingdom before 1st August 1996 for any purpose and exempting such animals from certain control and eradication measures laid down in Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 ;
  • (y) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1974/2005 amending Annexes X and XI to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards national reference laboratories and specified risk material ;
  • (z) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 253/2006 amending Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rapid tests and measures for the eradication of TSEs in ovine and caprine animals ;
  • (aa) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 339/2006 amending Annex XI to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the rules for importation of live bovine animals and products of bovine, ovine and caprine origin ;
  • (cc) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 688/2006 amending Annexes III and XI to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and specified risk material of bovine animals in Sweden ; and
  • (dd) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1041/2006 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in ovine animals .

PART 1 — Monitoring for TSE

Notifications for the purposes of monitoring under Article 6 of the Community TSE Regulation

Consignment and slaughter of over-age bovine animals

Brain stem sampling of bovine animals

Slaughter of bovine animals over 30 months of age

Retention of products and disposal

Compensation

Notification

Restriction of a notified animal

Killing of a suspect animal

Identification and restriction of progeny and cohorts

Action following confirmation

Death while under restriction

Placing on the market of progeny

When compensation is payable

Amount of compensation payable

Exceptions

Notification

Restriction of a notified animal

Killing of a suspect animal

Movement restrictions

Action where TSE is not confirmed

Action following confirmation of TSE in sheep

Action following confirmation of TSE in goats

Action following confirmation of BSE in sheep or goats

Time for appeals

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