Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) Amendment Order 1990
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1990/1930 |
| Year | 1990 |
1990 No. 1930
ANIMALSANIMAL HEALTH
The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) Amendment Order 1990
Made 24th September 1990
Coming into force 25th September 1990
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1, 7(1), 8(1), 15(4), 32(2), 72, 86(1), 87(2) and (5) and 88(2) of the Animal Health Act 19811and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 11 of that Act, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:
Title and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) Amendment Order 1990 and shall come into force on 25th September 1990.
Amendment
2. The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) Order 19882shall be amended as follows:—
(a) after article 2 there shall be inserted the following article:—
“Extension of the definitions of “animals” and “poultry”
2A. For the purposes of the Act in its application to this Order—
(a) the definition of “animals” in section 87(1) of the Act is hereby extended so as to comprise—
(i) any kind of mammal except man, and
(ii) any kind of four-footed beast which is not a mammal; and
(b) the definition of “poultry” in section 87(4) of the Act is hereby extended so as to comprise birds of every species.”;
(b) in article 3(1) (interpretation)—
(i) for the definition of “animals” there shall be substituted the following definition:—
““animals” means any kind of mammal, except man, and any kind of four-footed beast which is not a mammal;”;
(ii) after the definition of “Divisional Veterinary Officer” there shall be inserted the following definition:—
““feedingstuff” includes pet food;”;
(iii) after the definition of “inspector” there shall be inserted the following definition:—
““intestines” means that part of the digestive tract of a bovine animal from the junction of the abomasum and the duodenum to (and including) the rectum;”;
(iv) after the definition of “the Minister” and “the Ministry” there shall be inserted the following definition:—
““poultry” means birds of any species;” and
(v) after the definition of “research establishment” there shall be inserted the following definition:—
““specified bovine offal” means the brain, spinal cord, spleen, thymus, tonsils and intestines of a bovine animal over six months of age when slaughtered which has been slaughtered in the United Kingdom;”;
(c) for article 8 there shall be substituted the following article:—
“Prohibition of sale, supply and use of certain feedingstuffs for feeding to animals and poultry
8.—(1) No person shall knowingly sell or supply for feeding to ruminating animals any...
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