Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Order (Northern Ireland) 1997

Records relating to mammalian meat and bone meal

12.—(1) Any person who consigns mammalian meat and bone meal shall keep for two years from the date of consignment (or, in the case of material originating outside Northern Ireland, for two years from the date on which it was introduced into Northern Ireland) a record indicating—

(a) the date of consignment;

(b) the weight consigned;

(c) the destination of the consignment;

(d) the name and address of the consignee;

(e) the registration number of the vehicle in which the consignment is transported; and

(f) the name and address of the operator of that vehicle.

(2) Any person receiving a consignment of mammalian meat and bone meal shall keep for two years from the date of receipt of the consignment a record indicating—

(a) the date on which it was received;

(b) its weight on receipt;

(c) the place from which is was consigned;

(d) the name and address of the person by whom it was consigned;

(e) the registration number of the vehicle in which is was consigned; and

(f) the name and address of the operator of that vehicle.

(3) Any person receiving a consignment of mammalian meat and bone meal shall keep for two years from the date of any use, disposal or further consignment a record indicating—

(a) in the case of any use, details of each use, the weight of any part of the consignment incorporated into a product and the nature and date of manufacture of any such product;

(b) in the case of disposal, the weight so disposed of, the date of such disposal, and the place in which, method by which and name of the person by whom it was disposed of; and

(c) in the case of further consignment, the information required by paragraph (1).

(4) Any person who controls a vehicle in which mammalian meat and bone meal is transported shall keep, for two years from the date on which transport of a particular consignment of such material commenced (or, in the case of material originating outside Northern Ireland, from the date on which that material entered Northern Ireland), a record of—

(a) the person and place from which that consignment was transported;

(b) the date on which it was collected from that person;

(c) its weight;

(d) the registration number, and the name and address of the driver, of the vehicle in which it was transported;

(e) the person and place to which it was to be or was delivered; and

(f) the date or intended date of delivery to that person.

(5) The driver of a vehicle in which a consignment of mammalian meat and bone meal is transported shall have a document recording the information required by paragraph (1) in his possession at all times when he is in charge of that vehicle.

(6) In relation to a vehicle not having a registration number, the requirement to keep a record of the registration number pursuant to paragraph (1)(e), (2)(e), (3) and (4)(d) shall be a requirement to keep such details as are necessary to permit the identification of the vehicle in question.

(7) A person shall not be required to keep any record relating to the consignment or transport of mammalian meat and bone meal in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs (1) to (6) where the consignment or transport follows the retail sale of the meal, and a person receiving a consignment for the purpose of selling it by retail shall not be required to keep any record other than required by paragraph (2) or (3), provided that in either case—

(a) the meal is contained in sealed packages each weighing not more than 26 kilogrammes;

(b) the packages containing the meal are presented as containing a fertiliser solely for a use permitted under the Fertilisers (Mammalian Meat and Bone Meal) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(1); and

(c) (in the case of a person receiving a consignment for the purposes of selling it by retail) the consignment consists of not more than 104 kilogrammes of meal.

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S.R. 1996 No. 165