S.I. No. 144/1998 - Diseases of Animals (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) (Specified Risk Material) (Amendment) Order, 1998 Skip to content Disclaimer Feedback Helpdesk Gaeilge Léim go dtí an t-ábhar Séanadh Aiseolas Deasc chabhrach English Gaeilge English Produced by the Office of the Attorney General Táirgthe ag Oifig an Ard-Aighne Home Legislation Acts of the Oireachtas Statutory Instruments Pre-1922 Legislation Constitution External Resources Bills (Houses of the Oireachtas) Iris Oifigiúil / Official Gazette Revised Acts (LRC) Classified List of Legislation (LRC) Translations (acts.
- ie)Translations (Houses of the Oireachtas) Government Publications for Sale EU Law (EUR-Lex) FAQ Disclaimer Feedback Helpdesk Search Baile Reachtaíocht Achtanna an Oireachtais Ionstraimí Reachtúla Reachtaíocht Réamh-1922 Bunreacht Acmhainní Seachtracha Billí (Tithe an Oireachtais) Iris Oifigiúil Achtanna Athbhreithnithe (CAD) (An Coimisiún um Athchóiriú an Dlí) Liosta Rangaithe Reachtaíochta Aistriúcháin (achtanna.
- ie)Aistriúcháin (Tithe an Oireachtais) Foilseacháin Rialtais ar Díol Dlí AE (EUR-Lex) CCanna (Ceisteanna Coitianta) Séanadh Aiseolas Deasc chabhrach Cuardach TitleTeideal Year(
- s)or rangeBliain nó blianta nó raon TypeCineál All Legislation Acts Statutory Instruments Advanced SearchCuardach Casta HomeBaile Statutory InstrumentsIonstraimí Reachtúla 1998 S.I. No. 144/1998 - Diseases of Animals (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) (Specified Risk Material) (Amendment) Order, 1998 S.I. No. 144/1998 - Diseases of Animals (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) (Specified Risk Material) (Amendment) Order, 1998 AmendmentsLeasuithe S.I. No. 144 of 1998. DISEASES OF ANIMALS (BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY) (SPECIFIED RISK MATERIAL) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1998 I, JOE WALSH, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 , 13 and 27 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966), as adapted by the Agriculture, Food and Forestry (Alteration of Name of Department and title of Minister) Order, 1997 ( S.I. No. 302 of 1997 ) hereby order as follows:- 1.
(1)This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) (Specified Risk Material) (Amendment) Order, 1998.
(2)This Order shall come into operation on the 18th day of May, 1998.
(3)The Diseases of Animals (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) Orders, 1989 to 1997, and this Order may be cited together as the Diseases of Animals (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) Orders, 1989 to 1998. 2. The Diseases of Animals (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) (Specified Risk Material) Order, 1997 ( S.I. No. 80 of 1997 ) is hereby amended— (
- a)by the substitution in Article 2 of the following definition for the definition entitled "specified risk material"— "specified risk material" means— (
- a)the skull, the brain, the eyes, the tonsils and spinal cord of a bovine animal aged over 12 months, (
- b)the skull, the brain, the eyes, the tonsils and spinal cord of a caprine or ovine animal which has a permanent incisor tooth erupted through the gum, and (
- c)the spleen of a caprine or ovine animal, and includes anything left attached to such material after dissection of the carcase and any animal matter which comes into contact with the material after it has been removed from the carcase;"; (
- b)by the addition of the following Article after Article 6:- 6A. A person shall not use the vertebral column of bovine, ovine or caprine animals for the production of mechanically recovered meat; (
- c)by the addition of the following sub-paragraph to paragraph
(2)of Article 10:- "(
- c)the owner or person in charge thereof will maintain a written record in such form and contain such particulars as the Minister may require, for a period of six years, of the weight and origin of the specified risk material."; (
- d)by the addition of the following Article after Article 14:- 14A. A local authority shall execute and enforce this Order within its functional area in respect of any abattoir licensed by the Minister in accordance with the provisions of the Abattoirs Act, 1988 (No. 8 of 1988). GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 11th day of May, 1998. JOE WALSH, Minister for Agriculture and Food. EXPLANATORY NOTE. This Order amends the Diseases of Animals (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) (Specified Risk Material) Order, 1997 ( S.I. No. 80 of 1997 ) by, among other things, including a revised definition of specified risk material and a prohibition on the production of mechanically recovered meat from the vertebral columns of cattle, sheep and goats. Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais