The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

Regulation 5

SCHEDULE 8 RESTRICTIONS ON PLACING ON THE MARKET AND EXPORT

1. 1. Placing on the market or export to third countries of bovine products

2. 2. Placing on the market or export to third countries of bovine animals

3. 3. Export to a member State of heads and un-split carcases

4. 4. Export to third countries of products containing specified risk material

5. 5. Appointment of Food Standards Agency inspectors

Placing on the market or export to third countries of bovine products

1.—(1) It is an offence for any person to place on the market or to export (or offer to export) to third countries, any products consisting of or incorporating any material (other than milk) derived from a bovine animal born or reared within the United Kingdom before 1st August 1996 or imported into the United Kingdom before 1^st August 1996.

(2) The prohibition in sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to the hides of bovine animals born or reared within the United Kingdom before 1st August 1996 or imported into the United Kingdom before 1^st August 1996 (including hides from bovine animals referred to in the third indent of point 1(a) of Annex VII to the Community TSE Regulation) that have been used for leather production in accordance with Article 1(3) of Commission Decision 2007/411/EC.

Placing on the market or export to third countries of bovine animals

2.—(1) It is an offence for any person to place on the market or to export (or offer to export) to third countries in accordance with Part II of Chapter A of Annex VIII to the Community TSE Regulation bovine animals born or reared in the United Kingdom before 1st August 1996 or imported into the United Kingdom before 1^st August 1996.

(2) The prohibition in sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to the placing on the market of such animals within the United Kingdom.

Export to a member State of heads and un-split carcases

3.  Subject to point 10(2) of Annex V of the Community TSE Regulation, it is an offence for any person to export (or offer to export) any head or un-split carcase containing specified risk material to another member State in the absence of an agreement of the kind specified in point 10(1) of that Annex.

Export to third countries of products containing specified risk material

4.  In accordance with point 10(3) of Annex V of the Community TSE Regulation, it is an offence for any person to export (or offer to export) heads or fresh meat of bovine, ovine or caprine animals containing specified risk material to third countries.

Appointment of Food Standards Agency inspectors

5.  For the purposes of paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 of this Schedule, within a slaughterhouse or cutting plant an inspector is any person appointed for the purpose by the Food Standards Agency.