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

Part II Conditions of continued membership

1.  The conditions of eligibility for a herd (in this Part referred to as “the herd”) to be continued to be registered for the purposes of the Beef Assurance Scheme are set out in paragraphs 2 to 6.

2.  All births, movements and deaths of bovine animals in the herd shall be notified to the Department in accordance with the conditions specified by the Department in writing and issued to the owner of the herd.

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

(a) the herd from which the additional animal is obtained is also a registered herd; or

(b) the animal is a replacement breeding animal from a beef herd which satisfies the requirements of paragraph 6 of Part I.

4.  The herd shall continue to meet the requirements set out in paragraphs 2 to 6 of Part I.

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

(a) any feed containing meat and bone meal; or

(b) any compound feed other than—

(i) home mixed feed using no meat and bone meal; or

(ii) proprietary feed from a mill which only produces feed for ruminants.

6.  The owner of a registered herd shall pay to the Department such reasonable charge as the Department may from time to time determine to be the annual membership fee for the Beef Assurance Scheme, which charge shall not exceed the appropriate share of the administration costs of the Scheme.