Prescribed Waste2

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 19472 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.