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The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

Animal health

Animals

Veterinary services

King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2012-05-04

ANIMALS;ANIMAL HEALTH

This Order revokes the Specified Bovine Materials Order 1997 and the Heads of Sheep and Goats Order 1996. This Order re-makes with amendments the provisions of those Orders prohibiting the use of specified bovine material in feeding stuffs and cosmetic, pharmaceutical and medical products. The controls on the use of specified bovine material in food, and the provisions relating to the removal of specified bovine material from cattle and its destruction are now contained in the Specified Risk Material Regulations 1997.

The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

Order

The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment) (England) (No. 4) Order 2001

art. 2(3)

Sch. 1

art. 3

art. 1

Specified Risk Material O

The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

art. 2(5)

The Specified Risk Material (Amendment) (Wales) (No.2) Regulations 2001

Rheoliadau Deunydd Risg Penodedig (Diwygio) (Cymru) (Rhif 2) 2001

reg. 3(3)

reg. 1

The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

art. 3(2)

(3)

The Specified Risk Material (Amendment) (Wales) (No.2) Regulations 2001

Rheoliadau Deunydd Risg Penodedig (Diwygio) (Cymru) (Rhif 2) 2001

reg. 3(5)

reg. 1

The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

art. 4(3)-(6)

The Specified Risk Material (Amendment) (Wales) (No.2) Regulations 2001

Rheoliadau Deunydd Risg Penodedig (Diwygio) (Cymru) (Rhif 2) 2001

reg. 3(8)

reg. 1

The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

art. 6(3A)

The Specified Risk Material (Amendment) (Wales) (No.2) Regulations 2001

Rheoliadau Deunydd Risg Penodedig (Diwygio) (Cymru) (Rhif 2) 2001

reg. 3(9)(b)

reg. 1

The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

art. 3(3)

The TSE (Wales) Regulations 2002

reg. 103(1)

Sch. 8 Pt. 1

para. 1

reg. 1(3)

Specified Risk Material O

The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

art. 4(5)

The TSE (Wales) Regulations 2002

reg. 103(1)

Sch. 8 Pt. 1

para. 2

reg. 1(3)

Specified Risk Material O

The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

art. 6(2A)(a)

The TSE (Wales) Regulations 2002

reg. 103(1)

Sch. 8 Pt. 1

para. 3

reg. 1(3)

Specified Risk Material O

The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

art. 7-14

The TSE (Wales) Regulations 2002

reg. 104(1)

Sch. 9

Pt. 1

reg. 104(3]Sch. 9 Pt. 3

reg. 1(3)

Specified Risk Material O

The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

art. 3(3)

The TSE (England) Regulations 2002

Sch. 8 Pt. 1

para. 1

reg. 2(1)

(2)

reg. 1

Specified Risk Material O

The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

art. 4(5)

The TSE (England) Regulations 2002

Sch. 8 Pt. 1

para. 2

reg. 2(1)

(2)

reg. 1

Specified Risk Material O

The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

art. 6(2A)(a)

The TSE (England) Regulations 2002

Sch. 8 Pt. 1

para. 3

reg. 2(1)

(2)

reg. 1

Specified Risk Material O

The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

art. 7-14

The TSE (England) Regulations 2002

Sch. 9

Pt. 1

Sch. 9

Pt. 3

reg. 1

Specified Risk Material O

The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

art. 3(3)

The TSE (Scotland) Regulations 2002

Sch. 8 Pt. 2

para. 1

reg. 2

reg. 1(1)

The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

art. 4(5)

The TSE (Scotland) Regulations 2002

Sch. 8 Pt. 2

para. 2

reg. 2

reg. 1(1)

The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

art. 6(2A)(a)

The TSE (Scotland) Regulations 2002

Sch. 8 Pt. 2

para. 3

reg. 2

reg. 1(1)

The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

Order

The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations 2006

reg. 25

Sch. 7

reg. 1

Specified Risk Material O

The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

Order

The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Wales) Regulations 2006

Rheoliadau Enseffalopathïau Sbyngffurf Trosglwyddadwy (Cymru) 2006

Sch. 8

reg. 1

The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

Sch.2

para.II

The Specified Risk Material (Amendment) (England) Order 2000

art.2(9)

Specified Risk Material O

The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

arl.6

The Specified Risk Material Order Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2000

reg.2(5)

Specified Risk Material O

The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

reg.7(5)

The Specified Risk Material (Amendment) Regulations 1997

reg.2(2)

The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

reg.19(2)

The Specified Risk Material (Amendment) Regulations 1997

reg.2(3)

The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

reg.7(5)

The Specified Risk Material (Amendment) Regulations 1997

reg.2(2)

The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

reg.19(2)

The Specified Risk Material (Amendment) Regulations 1997

reg.2(3)

The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

reg.4

The Specified Risk Material (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2000

Rheoliadau Deunydd Risg Penodedig (Diwygio) (Cymru) (Rhif 2) 2000

reg.3

Specified Risk Material O

The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

Act

The Specified Risk Material (Amendment) (England) (No. 3) Order 2000

art.2(2)

Specified Risk Material O

The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

Act

The Animal By-Products Order 1999

arts.3(3)(b)

7(2)

7(2)(d)

8(2)

The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

Regulations

The Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) (England) Regulations 2003

reg. 68

Sch. 6

reg. 1

Specified Risk Material O

The Specified Risk Material Order 1997

regulations

The Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) (Wales) Regulations 2004

Rheoliadau Cynhyrchion sy'n Tarddu o Anifeiliaid (Mewnforion Trydydd Gwledydd) (Cymru) 2004

Sch. 6

reg. 1

Specified Risk Material O

Specified risk material for consumption by any creature8

1

No person shall sell any specified risk material for use in the preparation of any feeding stuff.

2

No person shall use any specified risk material in the preparation of any feeding stuff.

3

No person shall sell any specified risk material, or any feeding stuff containing specified risk material, for feeding to any creature.

4

No person shall feed to any creature—

a

any specified risk material;

b

any feeding stuff containing specified risk material; or

c

a whole carcase or any part of a sheep, goat or bovine animal from which specified risk material has not been removed in accordance with the Specified Risk Material Regulations 1997.

5

Paragraph (4) above shall not apply to the feeding to any creature of any specified risk material or feeding stuff for research purposes in a research establishment under the authority of a licence issued by a veterinary inspector of the Minister and in accordance with any conditions subject to which the licence is issued, and paragraph (2) above shall not apply to the use of any specified risk material in the preparation of any feeding stuff for such feeding.

6

For the purposes of this article—

a

“creature” does not include a human being; and

b

a feeding stuff shall be treated as containing specified risk material if it contains anything derived from it.

7

It shall be a defence for any person charged with an offence under any of paragraphs (1) to (4) above to prove that he did not know or have any reason to believe that the material was, or the feeding stuff contained, specified risk material.