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4.—(1) A person who has in his possession or under his control any Category 1 material and who contravenes Article 4(2) or Article 4(3) of the Community Regulation shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) For the purposes of Article 4(2)(b) of the Community Regulation the material may be processed using any of the processing methods 1 to 5.
(3) This regulation shall not apply in relation to material referred to in Article 4(1)(e) of the Community Regulation (catering waste from means of transport operating from outside the Community).
5.—(1) A person who has in his possession or under his control any Category 2 material and who contravenes Article 5(2), Article 5(3) or Article 5(4) (other than the provision in Article 5(4) relating to export) of the Community Regulation shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) For the purposes of Article 5(2)(b) of the Community Regulation the material may be processed using any of the processing methods 1 to 5.
(3) For the purposes of Article 5(2)(e) of the Community Regulation the animal by-products specified in that paragraph may be applied to land provided that the Department has not imposed any restrictions relating to animal health in relation to those by-products.
6. A person who has in his possession or under his control any Category 3 material and who contravenes Article 6(2) or Article 6(3) of the Community Regulation shall be guilty of an offence.
7. Where mammalian animal by-products and non-mammalian animal by-products are mixed the mixture shall be regarded as mammalian animal by-products.
8.—(1) A person who contravenes Article 7(1), 7(2) or 7(5) of the Community Regulation shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), if different categories of animal by-products are transported on one vehicle but in different containers or compartments, and complete separation of the different kinds of material cannot be guaranteed, the by-products transported shall be treated as the highest risk category of the by-products transported.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1), if the by-product in a container is of a lower category than is indicated by the label on the container it shall be treated as the higher category so indicated.
(4) In accordance with Article 7(6) of the Community Regulation, the provisions of Article 7 of that Regulation shall not apply in relation to manure transported within Northern Ireland.
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