
2008 No. 508
Animal Health
The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (revoked)
Made 22nd December 2008
Coming into operation 1st January 2009
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PART I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Citation and commencement
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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 II INTRODUCTION OF SCHEDULES
The Schedules
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PART III 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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Revocations of approvals, etc.
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Appeals
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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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Enforcement
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Revocations
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SCHEDULE 1
AMBULATORY REFERENCES
Regulation 2(3)

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SCHEDULE 2
TSE MONITORING
Regulation 5
PART I MONITORING FOR TSE
Notifications for the purposes of monitoring under Article 6 of the Community TSE Regulation
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Arrangements in respect of the body of a bovine animal for the purpose of monitoring under Article 6 of the Community TSE Regulation
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Persons collecting and delivering the body of a bovine animal
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Brain stem sampling of the body of a bovine animal
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Destruction without sampling
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Retention and Disposal of the body of a bovine animal pending test results
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Consignment and slaughter of an over-age bovine animal
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Brain stem sampling of bovine animals
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Approval of laboratories
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Approved TSE sampling sites
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Slaughter of bovine animals
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Retention of products and disposal
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Compensation
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PART II CONTENTS OF A RMOP
Animal identification and separation
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Brain stem sampling
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Correlation of sample to carcase and all other parts of the body
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Retention of carcases
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Retention of parts of the body
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Disposal before receipt of the result
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Other measures following brain stem sampling
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Removal of vertebral column
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SCHEDULE 3
CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF TSE IN BOVINE ANIMALS
Regulation 5
Control and eradication of TSE - notification
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Restriction of a notified animal
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Slaughter of a suspect animal
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Identification and restriction of offspring and cohorts
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Action following confirmation of TSE
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Action where TSE is not confirmed
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Death while under restriction
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Placing on the market of bovine progeny
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When compensation is payable
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Compensation for a suspect animal
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Compensation for a cohort animal
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Compensation for an offspring animal
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Compensation for Buffalo and Bison
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Assessment of market value
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Definitions
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Returns
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SCHEDULE 4
CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF TSE IN SHEEP AND GOATS
Regulation 5
Notification of TSE
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Restriction of a notified animal
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Slaughter of a suspect animal
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Movement restrictions
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Action where TSE is not confirmed
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Confirmation of TSE in sheep
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Confirmation of TSE in goats
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Confirmation of BSE in sheep or goats
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Confirmation of atypical scrapie in sheep or goats
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Time for appeals
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Killing and destruction following confirmation
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Infected animals from other premises
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Common grazing
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Multiple flocks on any premises
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Subsequent occupiers
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Introduction of an animal onto any premises
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Use of ovine germinal products
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Movement of an animal from any premises
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Time of movement restrictions
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Death while under restriction
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Placing on the market of progeny of a BSE affected sheep or goat
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Compensation for a sheep or goat slaughtered as a suspect animal
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Compensation for animals killed or products destroyed following confirmation of TSE
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Valuations
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SCHEDULE 5
CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF TSE IN ANIMALS OTHER THAN BOVINE, OVINE OR CAPRINE ANIMALS
Regulation 5
Notification
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Restriction of a notified animal
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Slaughter of a suspect animal
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Compensation for an animal that is not bovine, ovine or caprine slaughtered as a suspect animal
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Retention of products and disposal
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SCHEDULE 6
FEEDINGSTUFFS
Regulation 5
PART I 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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Slaughter of an animal
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Compensation
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Slaughter or sale for human consumption
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PART II 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 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 feedingstuffs, including petfood
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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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SCHEDULE 7
SPECIFIED RISK MATERIAL, MECHANICALLY SEPARATED MEAT AND SLAUGHTERING TECHNIQUES
Regulation 5
Appointment of the Food Standards Agency as the competent authority
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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 a member State
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Staining and disposal of specified risk material
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Security of specified risk material
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Prohibition on the supply of specified risk material for human consumption
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SCHEDULE 8
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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Export to a member State of heads and un-split carcases
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Export to third countries of products containing specified risk material
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Appointment of Food Standards Agency inspectors
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