Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

2. Introductory Text

Now therefore the said Department concerned, in exercise of the...

3. Part I Introduction

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

4. Part II Controls on sale of meat

   1. 3. Prohibition of sale of meat from older bovine animals

5. Part III Beef Assurance Scheme

   1. 4. Registration of herds

   2. 5. Duties of owners of registered herds

   3. 6. Interpretation of Part III

6. Part IV General

   1. 7. Offences and penalties

   2. 8. Application of various provisions of the Order

   3. 9. Enforcement

7. Signature

8. 1. SCHEDULE 1

      The Beef Assurance Scheme

      1. Part I Conditions of eligibility

         1. 1. The conditions of eligibility for a herd (in this Part...

         2. 2. The herd shall be a beef herd.

         3. 3. Any other beef herd kept on the same holding shall...

         4. 4. A bovine animal shall not have been kept, reared or...

         5. 5. Any bovine animals born or reared in a dairy herd...

         6. 6. There shall have been no confirmed cases of Bovine Spongiform...

         7. 7. (1) The herd shall have been in existence for four...

         8. 8. Over the seven year period prior to the date of...

         9. 9. Over the four year period prior to the date of...

      2. Part II Conditions of continued membership

         1. 1. The conditions of eligibility for a herd (in this Part...

         2. 2. All births, movements and deaths of bovine animals in the...

         3. 3. Bovine animals may only be added to a registered herd...

         4. 4. The herd shall continue to meet the requirements set out...

         5. 5. A bovine animal in the herd shall not be fed—...

         6. 6. The owner of a registered herd shall pay to the...

      3. Part III Conditions for the issue of a slaughter certificate

         1. 1. The animal shall be part of a herd which, at...

         2. 2. The animal shall have been born in the herd to...

         3. 3. The animal shall never have formed part of a herd...

         4. 4. The animal shall have two ear tags bearing the official...

         5. 5. The animal shall not be more than 42 months old...

      4. Part IV Conditions for the issue of a veterinary certificate

         1. 1. The carcase shall be that of an animal forming part...

         2. 2. The carcase shall be that of an animal born in...

         3. 3. The carcase shall be that of an animal which never...

         4. 4. The carcase shall have two ear tags bearing the official...

         5. 5. The carcase shall be that of an animal not more...

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      Countries exempted from regulation 3(1)

9. Explanatory Note