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The Waste (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (England) Regulations 2001

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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Waste (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (England) Regulations 2001, shall come into force on 13th April 2001 and shall cease to have effect on 13th October 2001.

(2) These Regulations extend to England only.

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2.—(1) Section 57 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (power of the Secretary of State to require waste to be accepted, treated, disposed of or delivered) shall have effect in the county areas specified in the Schedule to these Regulations as if references to controlled waste included references to any waste which is from premises used for agriculture within the meaning of the Agriculture Act 1947(1) and which consists of—

(a)subject to paragraph (3), carcases (or parts of carcases, including blood) of animals specified in paragraph (2); or

(b)rendered material or ash resulting from the rendering or incineration of carcases (or parts of carcases) of animals specified in paragraph (2).

(2) The animals referred to in paragraph (1)(a) and (b) are animals which—

(a)are cattle, sheep, goats, any other ruminating animals or swine; and

(b)are slaughtered as a direct or indirect result of measures taken to deal with foot-and-mouth disease.

(3) Paragraph (1)(a) shall not apply to cattle born before 1st August 1996.

Enactments prescribed for the purposes of section 57(6) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990

3.  The following enactments are prescribed for the purposes of section 57(6) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (defences in the case of compliance with a direction)—

(a)sections 179, 187, 187A, 216 and 331 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(2);

(b)sections 33, 34, 80(4) and 82(8) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990(3); and

(c)section 85 of the Water Resources Act 1991(4).

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Keith Hill

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

12th April 2001

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