
2006 No. 530
ANIMALSANIMAL HEALTH
The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Scotland) Regulations 2006
Made 1st November 2006
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 2nd November 2006
Coming into force 24th November 2006
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972  and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf after consultation as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety , hereby make the following Regulations:
PART 1 General provisions
Citation, commencement and extent
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Interpretation
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Appointment of competent authority
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Exception for research
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PART 2 Introduction of Schedules
The Schedules
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PART 3 Administration and enforcement
Approvals, authorisations, licences and registrations
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Occupier's duty
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Suspension and amendment
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Revocation of approvals, etc.
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Appeals procedure
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Valuations
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Appointment of inspectors
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Powers of entry
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Powers of inspectors
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Notices
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Notices restricting movement
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Obstruction
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Penalties
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Offences by bodies corporate
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Enforcement
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Miscellaneous amendments
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The miscellaneous amendments specified in Schedule 8 shall have effect.
Consequential amendments
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Revocations
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ROSS FINNIE
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew's House,
Edinburgh

SCHEDULE 1
Instruments relevant to the Community TSE Regulation
Regulation 2

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SCHEDULE 2
TSE monitoring
Regulation 5 

 
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SCHEDULE 3
Control and eradication of TSE in bovine animals
Regulation 5
Notification
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Restriction of a notified animal
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Killing of a suspect animal
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Identification and restriction of progeny and cohorts
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Action following confirmation
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Death while under restriction
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Placing on the market of progeny
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When compensation is payable
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Amount of compensation payable
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Exceptions
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SCHEDULE 4
Control and eradication of TSE in sheep and goats
Regulation 5
Notification
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Restriction of a notified animal
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Killing of a suspect animal
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Movement restrictions
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Action where TSE is not confirmed
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Action following confirmation of TSE in sheep
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Action following confirmation of TSE in goats
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Action following confirmation of BSE in sheep or goats
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Time for appeals
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Killing and destruction following confirmation
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Animals from another holding
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Common grazing
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Multiple flocks on a holding
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Subsequent occupiers
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Introduction of animals onto a holding
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Use of ovine germinal products
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Movement of animals from a holding
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Period of movement restrictions
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Death while under restriction
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Placing on the market of progeny of sheep or goats in which BSE is confirmed
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Notification while the holding is under restriction
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Derogations
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Compensation payable for animals killed as suspect animals
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Compensation for animals killed or products destroyed following confirmation
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Valuations
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SCHEDULE 5
Feedingstuffs
Regulation 5
PART 1 Restrictions on feeding proteins to animals
Prohibition on feeding animal protein to ruminants
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Prohibition on feeding animal protein to non-ruminants
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Exceptions
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Movement prohibitions and restrictions of animals
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Killing of animals
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Compensation
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Slaughter or sale for human consumption
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PART 2 Production of protein and feedingstuffs
Fishmeal for feeding to non-ruminant farmed animals
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Offences relating to fishmeal and feedingstuffs containing fishmeal
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Feedingstuffs containing dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate for feeding to non ruminant farmed animals
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Offences relating to feedingstuffs containing dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate for feeding to non-ruminant animals
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Blood products and blood meal
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Offences relating to feedingstuffs containing blood products or blood meal
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Change in use of equipment
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Conditions applying to the storage and transport of bulk quantities of protein products and feedingstuffs containing such proteins
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Conditions applying to the manufacture and transport of petfood or feedingstuffs
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Export of processed animal protein to third countries
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Fertilisers
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Record keeping for transport etc. of reject petfood
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Cross-contamination of materials originating from premises where processed animal proteins (except fishmeal) are in use
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Registration of home compounders and transporters
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Duties of home compounders and transporters
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Suspension and amendment of registration of home compounders and transporters
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Revocation of registration of home compounders and transporters
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Savings
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SCHEDULE 6
Specified risk material, mechanically separated meat and slaughtering techniques
Regulation 5 CONTENTS
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Functions of the Food Standards Agency
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Training
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Mechanically separated meat
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Pithing
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Tongue harvesting
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Head meat harvesting
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Removal of specified risk material
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Bovine animals in a slaughterhouse
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Sheep and goats in a slaughterhouse
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Young lamb and goat stamps
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Removal of spinal cord from sheep and goats
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Authorisation of cutting plants by the Food Standards Agency
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Removal of specified risk material at a cutting plant authorised under paragraph 12(1)
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Meat from another member State
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Staining and disposal of specified risk material
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Scheme animals
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Security of specified risk material
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Prohibition on the dispatch of heads and un-split carcases to other member States
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Prohibition on the supply of specified risk material for human consumption
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Transitional provisions
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Definitions of Community legislation
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SCHEDULE 7
Restrictions on placing on the market and export
Regulation 5
Placing on the market or export to third countries of bovine products
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Placing on the market or export to third countries of bovine animals
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Exports to third countries of products containing specified risk material
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Functions of the Food Standards Agency
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SCHEDULE 8
Miscellaneous Amendments
Regulation 21 The Animal By-Products (Scotland) Regulations 2003
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(1) The Feedingstuffs (Scotland) Regulations 2005  are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2, for the definition of “mammalian meat and bone meal” substitute–“
 “mammalian meat and bone meal” means–

(a) any mammalian protein (including greaves) derived from the whole or part or any part of any dead mammal by–
(i) the process of rendering; or
(ii) in the case of a product originating outside of Scotland, by an equivalent process; or
(b) any material derived from mammalian protein,and for this purpose  “protein” means any proteinaceous material which is derived from a carcase but does not include milk or any milk product;”.
(3) In regulation 2, for the definition of   “processed animal protein”substitute–“
 “processed animal protein” means meat and bone meal, meat meal, bone meal, blood meal, dried plasma and other blood products, hydrolysed protein, hoof meal, horn meal, poultry offal meal, feather meal, dry greaves, fishmeal, dicalcium phosphate, gelatine and any other similar products, and includes mixtures, feedingstuffs, feed additives and premixtures, containing these products; but does not include mammalian meat and bone meal;”. The Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Regulations 2005
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SCHEDULE 9
Consequential Amendments
Regulation 22 The Animal By-Products (Identification) Regulations 1995
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SCHEDULE 10
REVOCATIONS
Regulation 23

Column 1 – enactment Column 2 – references Column 3 – extent
The Specified Risk Material Order 1997 S.I. 1997/2964 Articles 1 to 4, 6 and 15–18 and Schedules 1 and 2
The Specified Risk Material Regulations 1997 S.I. 1997/2965 The whole Regulations
The Specified Risk Material (Amendment) Regulations 1997 S.I. 1997/3062 The whole Regulations
The Specified Risk Material (Amendment) Regulations 1998 S.I. 1998/2405 The whole Regulations
The Specified Risk Material (Coming into Force Date) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 S.I. 1998/2431 The whole Regulations
The Specified Risk Material (Inspection Charges) Regulations 1999 S.I. 1999/539 The whole Regulations
The Specified Risk Material Order Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2000 S.S.I. 2000/344 The whole Regulations
The Specified Risk Material Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2000 S.S.I. 2000/345 The whole Regulations
The Specified Risk Material Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2001 S.S.I. 2001/3 The whole Regulations
The Specified Risk Material Order Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2001 S.S.I. 2001/4 The whole Regulations
The Restriction on Pithing (Scotland) Regulations 2001 S.S.I. 2001/73 The whole Regulations
The Specified Risk Material Amendment (No. 2) (Scotland) Regulations 2001 S.S.I. 2001/86 The whole Regulations
The Processed Animal Protein (Scotland) Regulations 2001 S.S.I. 2001/276 The whole Regulations
The Specified Risk Material Amendment (Scotland) Order 2001 S.S.I. 2001/287 The whole Order
The Specified Risk Material Amendment (No. 3) (Scotland) Regulations 2001 S.S.I. 2001/288 The whole Regulations
The Processed Animal Protein Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2001 S.S.I. 2001/383 The whole Regulations
The TSE (Scotland) Regulations 2002 S.S.I. 2002/255 The whole Regulations
The TSE (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003 S.S.I. 2003/198 The whole Regulations
The Animal By-Products (Scotland) Regulations 2003 S.S.I. 2003/411 Regulation 5(1) and Part 1 of Schedule 5
The TSE (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2004 S.S.I. 2004/277 The whole Regulations
The TSE (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2005 S.S.I. 2005/173 The whole Regulations
The TSE (Scotland) Amendment (No 2) Regulations 2005 S.S.I. 2005/469 The whole Regulations
The Food Hygiene (Scotland) Regulations 2006 S.S.I. 2006/3 Paragraphs 35 to 42 of Schedule 7
The TSE (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2006 S.S.I. 2006/46 The whole Regulations
The TSE (Scotland) Amendment (No 2) Regulations 2006 S.S.I. 2006/231 The whole Regulations
The TSE (Scotland) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2006 S.S.I. 2006/430 The whole Regulations