European Communities (Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies and Animal By-Products) Regulations 2008
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies and Animal By-products) Regulations 2008.
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations—
(a) a sea fisheries protection officer within the meaning of the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 (No. 8 of 2006),
(b) an authorised officer within the meaning of section 17A (inserted by the Diseases of Animals (Amendment) Act 2001 (No. 3 of 2001)) of the Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (No. 6 of 1966),
(c) an authorised officer within the meaning of the European Communities (Food and Feed Hygiene) Regulations 2005 ( S.I. No. 910 of 2005 ),
(d) a person who, immediately before the making of these Regulations was an authorised officer within the meaning of the European Communities (Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies and Animal By-products) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 612 of 2006 ),
(e) an authorised officer within the meaning of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act 1998 (No. 29 of 1998),or
(f) a person appointed under Regulation 19;
(2) A word or expression that is used in the Animal By-products Regulation, the TSE Regulation or another act of the institutions of the European Community cited in these Regulations or in the preamble to those Regulations and is also used in these Regulations, has, in these Regulations, the same meaning as in the Animal By-products Regulation, the TSE Regulation or other act cited.
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paragraphs: A person shall not place on the market or export—
(a) a petfood, dogchew or technical product (other than those referred to in Article 20(2) and 20(3) of the Animal By-products Regulation) or a product to which Annex VIII to the Animal By-products Regulation refers,
(b) an organic fertiliser referred to in Article 20(2) of the Animal By-products Regulation, or
(c) a fat derivative referred to in Article 20(3) of the Animal By-products Regulation,
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paragraphs: (1) A person shall not bring into the State a bovine animal referred to in Part II of Chapter A to Annex VIII to the TSE Regulation.
(2) A person shall not have in his or her possession or under his or her control, sell or supply a bovine animal referred to in paragraph (1).
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paragraphs: (1) A person shall not manufacture a feedingstuff that may be fed to a ruminant animal or have such a feedingstuff in his or her possession or under his or her control on a premises if—
(a) fishmeal or a feedingstuff that consists of or contains fishmeal,
(b) hydrolysed protein or a feedingstuff that consists of or contains hydrolysed protein,
(c) dicalcium phosphate of animal origin, tricalcium phosphate of animal origin or a feedingstuff that consists of or contains dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate of animal origin,
(d) a blood product or bloodmeal or a feedingstuff that consists of or contains a blood product or bloodmeal, or
(e) other processed animal protein,
(2) A person shall not manufacture or have in his or her possession or under his or her control—
(a) fishmeal or a feedingstuff that consists of or contains fishmeal,
(b) hydrolysed protein or a feedingstuff that consists of or contains hydrolysed protein,
(c) dicalcium phosphate of animal origin, tricalcium phosphate of animal origin or a feedingstuff that consists of or contains dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate of animal origin,
(d) a blood product or bloodmeal or a feedingstuff that consists of or contains a blood product or bloodmeal, or
(e) other processed animal protein,
(3) A person shall not have—
(a) a substance that consists of or contains fishmeal, hydrolysed protein, a blood product, bloodmeal or other processed animal protein in his or her possession or under his or her control on a premises where a ruminant is kept, or
(b) a ruminant in his or her possession or under his or her control on a premises where a substance that consists of or contains fishmeal, hydrolysed protein, a blood product, bloodmeal or other processed animal protein is manufactured, sold, supplied or kept.
(4) Nothwithstanding paragraph (3) a person may use or store a feedingstuff consisting of or containing fishmeal or a blood product where ruminants are kept, if that person is registered in accordance with Regulation 14.