17.—(1) Any person delivering specified bovine material to an approved incinerator shall state in writing to the operator of the incinerator concerned the place from which that specified bovine material was collected for delivery to that incinerator.
(2) No person shall operate an incinerator incinerating specified bovine material unless the incinerator has been approved by the appropriate Minister as having suitable facilities to incinerate specified bovine material in accordance with paragraph (4) below and dispose of the ash in a way that does not pose a risk to human or animal health. In particular, the incinerator shall be equipped with a refractory lining and be heated by fuel conveyed into the incinerator during incineration by mechanically forced draught.
(3) The operator of an approved incinerator shall record on arrival of specified bovine material at the premises—
(a)the weight of the specified bovine material delivered;
(b)the date of delivery; and
(c)the place from which it was consigned,
and shall keep such records for two years from the date of arrival.
(4) The operator of an approved incinerator shall incinerate all specified bovine material delivered to him to a standard specified in the approval and in such a way that all moisture is removed, the material is reduced to ash and the ash is disposed of in accordance with the terms of the approval.
(5) No person shall remove specified bovine material from an approved incinerator unless it has been completely incinerated.