13. After regulation 55 (licensing of premises) insert–
55A.—(1) Local authorities shall carry out the official inspections required by point 12 of Part A of Annex XI to the Community TSE Regulation in so far as it relates to the removal in butcher shops of those parts of the vertebral column of bovine animals that are specified risk material and shall grant authorisations and effect registration for the purposes of point 10(b) of that Part.
(2) A local authority shall authorise a butcher shop situated within its area to remove those parts of the vertebral column that are specified risk material from bovine animals aged 30 months or less at slaughter and register the shop for that purpose, if the authority is satisfied that the provisions of Part A of Annex XI to the Community TSE Regulations will be complied with.”.