Specified Bovine Material Order (Northern Ireland) 1997

Consignment of specified bovine material

9.—(1) Once specified bovine material has been treated in accordance with the requirements of the SBMTD Regulations, or, in the case of specified solid waste, recovered from the drainage system, the person responsible for its removal or recovery shall, without undue delay, send it directly to—

(a)a collection centre;

(b)a rendering plant;

(c)veterinary or laboratory premises specified in regulation 10(1)(a) of the SBMTD Regulations;

(d)an incinerator which has been approved by the Department in accordance with regulation 14(2) of the SBMTD Regulations; or

(e)any other premises licensed by the Department in accordance with Article 8 or approved in accordance with regulation 16 of the SBMTD Regulations.

(2) A person consigning specified bovine material from the place where it was removed from the carcase or recovered from a drainage system shall keep a record for 2 years from the date of consignment of the weight consigned, the date on which it was consigned and the destination of the specified bovine material.

(3) For the purposes of this Article “specified bovine material” includes (notwithstanding the definition of specified bovine material in Article 2(1)), a whole carcase or any part of an animal from which specified bovine material has not been removed in accordance with regulation 7 or 8 of the SBMTD Regulations.