Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Records

69.—(1) Any person who consigns any specified risk material for transport from any premises shall make, on consignment, a record of each consignment showing –

(a) the date on which the specified risk material was consigned from the premises;

(b) the quantity, weight and description of the material;

(c) the destination to which it was consigned; and

(d) the name and address of the haulier transporting it.

(2) Any person who transfers any specified risk material from any part of any premises approved for the removal, collection, disposal or destruction of any specified risk material to another part of the premises shall make, on transfer, a record of each transfer showing the date on which the specified risk material was transferred and the quantity and description of the material transferred.

(3) A person who collects any specified risk material from any premises for the purpose of transporting it shall make, on collection, a record showing –

(a) the address of the premises from which the material was collected;

(b) the date on which the material was collected;

(c) the quantity, weight and description of the material; and

(d) the destination to which it is to be taken,

and shall ensure that this record accompanies the specified risk material during transport.

(4) A person who receives any specified risk material collected or transferred from any premises shall make on receipt a record showing –

(a) the address of the premises from which the material was collected or transferred;

(b) the date on which the material is received;

(c) the quantity, weight and description of the material; and

(d) name and address of the person who transported it.

(5) In addition to any records he is required to make under paragraph (1) and (4), an occupier of rendering premises shall make a record of any specified risk material he renders at the premises showing –

(a) the quantity and weight rendered and the date of rendering;

(b) the particle size to which the material was reduced before rendering;

(c) the temperature of the material achieved during rendering;

(d) in a batch system, the period during which the material was rendered;

(e) if appropriate, the pressure to which the by-products are subjected during rendering;

(f) if appropriate, the feed rate of the material;

(g) if appropriate, the fat re-cycling rate;

(h) the quantity, weight and description of rendered material produced;

(i) in the case of all rendered material –

(i) the method of disposal;

(ii) the quantity and weight disposed of;

(iii) the date of disposal;

(iv) the name of the person transporting it for disposal; and

(v) the address of the disposal premises.

(6) Any record required to be made under this regulation shall be kept by or on behalf of the person required to make it for a period of two years from the date on which the record is made.