The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Scotland) Regulations 2006

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 General provisions

   1. 1. Citation, commencement and extent

   2. 2. Interpretation

   3. 3. Appointment of competent authority

   4. 4. Exception for research

3. PART 2 Introduction of Schedules

   1. 5. The Schedules

4. PART 3 Administration and enforcement

   1. 6. Approvals, authorisations, licences and registrations

   2. 7. Occupier’s duty

   3. 8. Suspension and amendment

   4. 9. Revocation of approvals, etc.

   5. 10. Appeals procedure

   6. 11. Valuations

   7. 12. Appointment of inspectors

   8. 13. Powers of entry

   9. 14. Powers of inspectors

   10. 15. Notices

   11. 16. Notices restricting movement

   12. 17. Obstruction

   13. 18. Penalties

   14. 19. Offences by bodies corporate

   15. 20. Enforcement

   16. 21. Miscellaneous amendments

   17. 22. Consequential amendments

   18. 23. Revocations

5. Signature

6. 1. SCHEDULE 1

      Instruments relevant to the Community TSE Regulation

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      TSE monitoring

      1. CONTENTS

      2. PART 1 Monitoring for TSE

         1. 1. Notifications for the purposes of monitoring under Article 6 of the Community TSE Regulation

         2. 2. Consignment and slaughter of over-age bovine animals

         3. 3. Brain stem sampling of bovine animals

         4. 4. Slaughter of bovine animals over 30 months of age

         5. 5. Retention of products and disposal

         6. 6. Compensation

      3. PART 2 Contents of an RMOP

         1. 7. Animal identification and separation

         2. 8. Brain stem sampling

         3. 9. Correlation of sample to carcase and all other parts of the body

         4. 10. Retention of carcases

         5. 11. Retention of parts of the body

         6. 12. Disposal before receipt of the result

         7. 13. Other measures following sampling

         8. 14. Removal of vertebral column

   3. SCHEDULE 3

      Control and eradication of TSE in bovine animals

      1. CONTENTS

         1. 1. Notification

         2. 2. Restriction of a notified animal

         3. 3. Killing of a suspect animal

         4. 4. Identification and restriction of progeny and cohorts

         5. 5. Action following confirmation

         6. 6. Death while under restriction

         7. 7. Placing on the market of progeny

         8. 8. When compensation is payable

         9. 9. Amount of compensation payable

         10. 10. Exceptions

   4. SCHEDULE 4

      Control and eradication of TSE in sheep and goats

      1. CONTENTS

         1. 1. Notification

         2. 2. Restriction of a notified animal

         3. 3. Killing of a suspect animal

         4. 4. Movement restrictions

         5. 5. Action where TSE is not confirmed

         6. 6. Action following confirmation of TSE in sheep

         7. 7. Action following confirmation of TSE in goats

         8. 8. Action following confirmation of BSE in sheep or goats

         9. 9. Time for appeals

         10. 10. Killing and destruction following confirmation

         11. 11. Animals from another holding

         12. 12. Common grazing

         13. 13. Multiple flocks on a holding

         14. 14. Subsequent occupiers

         15. 15. Introduction of animals onto a holding

         16. 16. Use of ovine germinal products

         17. 17. Movement of animals from a holding

         18. 18. Period of movement restrictions

         19. 19. Death while under restriction

         20. 20. Placing on the market of progeny of sheep or goats in which BSE is confirmed

         21. 21. Notification while the holding is under restriction

         22. 22. Derogations

         23. 23. Compensation payable for animals killed as suspect animals

         24. 24. Compensation for animals killed or products destroyed following confirmation

         25. 25. Valuations

   5. SCHEDULE 5

      Feedingstuffs

      1. CONTENTS

      2. PART 1 Restrictions on feeding proteins to animals

         1. 1. Prohibition on feeding animal protein to ruminants

         2. 2. Prohibition on feeding animal protein to non-ruminants

         3. 3. Exceptions

         4. 4. Movement prohibitions and restrictions of animals

         5. 5. Killing of animals

         6. 6. Compensation

         7. 7. Slaughter or sale for human consumption

      3. PART 2 Production of protein and feedingstuffs

         1. 8. Fishmeal for feeding to non-ruminant farmed animals

         2. 9. Offences relating to fishmeal and feedingstuffs containing fishmeal

         3. 10. Feedingstuffs containing dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate for feeding to non ruminant farmed animals

         4. 11. Offences relating to feedingstuffs containing dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate for feeding to non-ruminant animals

         5. 12. Blood products and blood meal

         6. 13. Offences relating to feedingstuffs containing blood products or blood meal

         7. 14. Change in use of equipment

         8. 15. Conditions applying to the storage and transport of bulk quantities of protein products and feedingstuffs containing such proteins

         9. 16. Conditions applying to the manufacture and transport of petfood or feedingstuffs

         10. 17. Export of processed animal protein to third countries

         11. 18. Fertilisers

         12. 19. Record keeping for transport etc. of reject petfood

         13. 20. Cross-contamination of materials originating from premises where processed animal proteins (except fishmeal) are in use

         14. 21. Registration of home compounders and transporters

         15. 22. Duties of home compounders and transporters

         16. 23. Suspension and amendment of registration of home compounders and transporters

         17. 24. Revocation of registration of home compounders and transporters

         18. 25. Savings

   6. SCHEDULE 6

      Specified risk material, mechanically recovered meat and slaughtering techniques

      1. CONTENTS

         1. 1. Functions of the Food Standards Agency

         2. 2. Local authorities' duties with regards to butcher shops

         3. 3. Training

         4. 4. Mechanically recovered meat

         5. 5. Pithing

         6. 6. Tongue harvesting

         7. 7. Head meat harvesting

         8. 8. Removal of specified risk material

         9. 9. Bovine animals in a slaughterhouse

         10. 10. Sheep and goats in a slaughterhouse

         11. 11. Young lamb and goat stamps

         12. 12. Removal of spinal cord from sheep and goats

         13. 13. Authorisation of cutting plants by the Food Standards Agency

         14. 14. Authorisation and registration of butcher shops by local authorities

         15. 15. Removal of specified risk material at a cutting plant authorised under paragraph 13(1)

         16. 16. Removal of bovine vertebral column that is specified risk material at a cutting plant not authorised under paragraph 13(1)(a)

         17. 17. Removal of bovine vertebral column that is specified risk material at a butcher shop authorised and registered under paragraph 14

         18. 18. Carcases from another member State

         19. 19. Staining and disposal of specified risk material

         20. 20. Scheme animals

         21. 21. Security of specified risk material

         22. 22. Prohibition on the supply of specified risk material for human consumption

         23. 23. Savings

   7. SCHEDULE 7

      Restrictions on dispatch to other member States and to third countries

      1. CONTENTS

         1. 1. Restrictions on dispatch to other member States and to third countries

         2. 2. Exports to third countries

   8. SCHEDULE 8

      Miscellaneous Amendments

      1. The Animal By-Products (Scotland) Regulations 2003

         1. 1. In the definition of “inspector” in regulation 2 of the...

      2. The Feeding Stuffs (Scotland) Regulations 2005

         1. 2. (1) The Feedingstuffs (Scotland) Regulations 2005 are amended as follows....

      3. The Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Regulations 2005

         1. 3. The Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Regulations 2005 are...

         2. 4. In regulation 2(1), in the paragraph defining Community legislation, after...

         3. 5. In Schedule 1, after the definition of “Directive 2004/41” insert–...

         4. 6. In paragraph (a) of Schedule 3– (a) after sub paragraph...

   9. SCHEDULE 9

      Consequential Amendments

      1. The Animal By-Products (Identification) Regulations 1995

         1. 1. For regulation 3(3)(b) of the Animal By Products (Identification) Regulations...

      2. The Rendering (Fluid Treatment) (Scotland) Order 2001

         1. 2. In article 2 of the Rendering (Fluid Treatment) (Scotland) Order...

      3. The Meat Products (Scotland) Regulations 2004

         1. 3. The Meat Products (Scotland) Regulations 2004 are amended as follows....

         2. 4. In regulation 2 (interpretation), for “regulation 49 of the TSE...

         3. 5. In regulation 6 (parts of the carcase in uncooked meat...

   10. SCHEDULE 10

       REVOCATIONS

7. Explanatory Note