Authorisation of collection centres and tanneries
4.—(1) A district council shall, on application being made under this regulation, authorise a collection centre or tannery for the purpose of supplying raw materials for the production of collagen intended for human consumption if it is satisfied that –
(a)the collection centre or tannery has storage rooms with hard floors and smooth walls which are easy to clean and disinfect;
(b)where appropriate, the collection centre or tannery is provided with refrigeration facilities;
(c)the storage rooms of the collection centre or tannery are kept in a satisfactory state of cleanliness and repair, so that they do not constitute a source of contamination of raw materials;
(d)where any raw material which does not comply with a requirement imposed by virtue of the Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 is or will be stored or processed in the premises of the collection centre or tannery, it is or, as appropriate, will be, segregated throughout the period of receipt, storage, processing and dispatch from raw material which does so comply; and
(e)the district council has all the information it requires to notify the Agency of an authorisation in accordance with regulation 9(2)(a).
(2) When granting any authorisation under this regulation, the district council shall allocate a unique identification number to the collection centre or tannery concerned.
(3) The proprietor of the business carried on at any establishment authorised under this regulation shall give notice immediately to the district council of –
(a)any change, or intended change, of the proprietorship of such business; or
(b)any material change, or intended material change, in the operation of such business.