Statutory Instruments

1998 No. 3071

ANIMALS

ANIMAL HEALTH

[^F1The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) (Amendment) Order 1998

Made

8th December 1998

Coming into force

4th January 1999

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, 8(1), 15(4), 32(2), 34(7), 35(1) and (1A), 36(5)(a), 72 and 83(2) of the Animal Health Act 1981(1) hereby make the following Order:–

Title and commencement _I1

1. This Order may be cited as the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 4th January 1999.

Amendment of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy ( No. 2) Order 1996 _I2

2. Article 4(1) of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) Order 1996(2) shall be amended as follows–

(a)the definition of “exposed animal” shall be revoked and the following definition substituted–

““exposed animal” means a bovine animal, other than an offspring animal, which has been exposed to the infection of the disease;”; and

(b)after the definition of “MBM product” the following definition shall be inserted–

““offspring animal” means a bovine animal born on or after 1st August 1996 in the United Kingdom to a dam which–
(a)
was affected or suspected of being affected with the disease when it gave birth to the animal; or

(b)
has subsequently become affected or suspected of being affected with the disease;”.^F1]

Jeff Rooker

Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

7th December 1998

Sewel

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

8th December 1998

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Jon Owen Jones

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

8th December 1998

(1)

1981 c. 22; see section 86(1) for definitions of “the Minister” and “the Ministers”; section 1 was applied to bovine spongiform encephalopathy by the Zoonoses Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/2264).

(2)

S.I. 1996/3183, amended by S.I. 1997/2387.

in force	Provision is in force
in force*	In force only for specified purposes (for detail about the purposes see/hover footnote)
not in force	Not in force in England (may be in force in other geographies, see footnotes)
italics	Defined term
_dfn	Defined term (alternative style)
gry bckgrd	the in-force status of the provision is complex, check the footnotes

in force

Provision is in force

in force*

In force only for specified purposes (for detail about the purposes see/hover footnote)

not in force

Not in force in England (may be in force in other geographies, see footnotes)

italics

Defined term

_dfn

Defined term (alternative style)

gry bckgrd

the in-force status of the provision is complex, check the footnotes

footnote	commentary	related provisions	geo extent
F1	Order revoked (S.) (19.6.2002) by The TSE (Scotland) Regulations 2002 (S.S.I. 2002/255), reg. 1(1), sch. 9 Pt. I (with reg. 2)	this amendment (text ) should be read in conjunction with other related provisions, see the commentary.	: Scotland
F1	Order revoked (S.) (19.6.2002) by The TSE (Scotland) Regulations 2002 (S.S.I. 2002/255), reg. 1(1), sch. 9 Pt. I (with reg. 2)	this amendment (text ) should be read in conjunction with other related provisions, see the commentary.	: Scotland
F1	Order revoked (S.) (19.6.2002) by The TSE (Scotland) Regulations 2002 (S.S.I. 2002/255), reg. 1(1), sch. 9 Pt. I (with reg. 2)	this amendment (text ) should be read in conjunction with other related provisions, see the commentary.	: Scotland
I1	Art. 1 in force at 4.1.1999, see art. 1
I2	Art. 2 in force at 4.1.1999, see art. 1

1998 No. 3071

[F1The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) (Amendment) Order 1998

Title and commencement I1

Amendment of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy ( No. 2) Order 1996 I2

Status of changes to instrument text

[^F1The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) (Amendment) Order 1998

Title and commencement _I1

Amendment of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy ( No. 2) Order 1996 _I2