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This Order may be cited as the Specified Bovine Material (No. 3) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 24th January 1997.
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(1) In Article 2(1) of the Specified Bovine Material (No. 3) Order 1996 the definition of scheme animal shall be replaced by the following definition–“
 “scheme animal” means a bovine animal–
(a) which has been slaughtered pursuant to the purchase scheme introduced under Commission Regulation (EC) No. 716/96 adopting exceptional support measures for the beef market in the United Kingdom; or
(b) which, being an animal which has been exposed to bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the Minister has caused to be slaughtered under section 32(1) of the Animal Health Act 1981.”.
Angela Browning
Parliamentary Secretary Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
16th December 1996Lindsay
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Scottish Office
16th December 1996Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Jonathan Grans
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Welsh Office
17th December1996