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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Specified Risk Material Order Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 10th January 2001.
(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.
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(1) The Specified Risk Material Order 1997 is amended in accordance with paragraph (2) of this regulation.
(2) In article 4 (specified bovine material), paragraph (1) is substituted by the following paragraph:–“
(1) In this Order, “specified bovine material” means–
(a) in relation to a bovine animal which was slaughtered or has died elsewhere than in Australia or New Zealand, the intestines from the duodenum to the rectum;
(b) in relation to a bovine animal which was slaughtered or has died in the United Kingdom or Portugal at an age greater than 6 months, the following material:–
(i) the entire head (excluding the tongue but including the brains, eyes, trigeminal ganglia and tonsils);
(ii) the thymus;
(iii) the spleen; and
(iv) the spinal cord;
(c) in relation to a bovine animal which was slaughtered or has died in the United Kingdom or Portugal at an age greater than 30 months, the vertebral column (including dorsal root ganglia); and
(d) in relation to a bovine animal which was slaughtered or has died elsewhere than in the United Kingdom, Portugal, Australia or New Zealand at an age greater than 12 months, the following material:–
(i) the skull (including the brains and eyes);
(ii) the tonsils; and
(iii) the spinal cord.”.
SUSAN C DEACON
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
9th January 2001