ANIMALS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Heads of Sheep and Goats Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 16th September 1996. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “the HSGTD Regulations ” means the Heads of Sheep and Goats (Treatment and Disposal) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 ; “the SBM Order ” means the Specified Bovine Material ( No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 ; and “the SBMTD Regulations ” means the Specified Bovine Material (Treatment and Disposal) (No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 . Rendering whole carcases 3 Any person rendering the whole carcase of a sheep or goat shall do so in accordance with Article 6 of the SBM Order as if the carcase were specified bovine material. Consignment of heads of sheep or goats 4 1 Once the head has been removed from the carcase of a sheep or goat and treated in accordance with the requirements of the HSGTD Regulations, the person responsible for its removal from the carcase shall, without unreasonable delay, send it directly to— a a collection centre approved under and for the purposes of the SBM Order; b a rendering plant approved under and for the purposes of the SBM Order; c premises specified in regulation 6( a ) of the HSGTD Regulations; d an incinerator approved under and for the purposes of the SBMTD Regulations; or e any premises licenced by the Department under and for the purposes of Article 8(1) of the SBM Order, where it shall be treated in the same way as if it were specified bovine material and for that purpose Articles 5(2) to (6), 6(2) to (9), 8(2) and (3) and 10 of the SBM Order shall apply in relation to a head removed from the carcase of a sheep or goat as if that head were specified bovine material. 2 Any person consigning the head of a sheep or goat from the place where it was removed from the carcase shall keep, for 2 years from the date of consignment, a record indicating the date of the consignment, destination and weight consigned. Prohibition on bringing in heads of sheep or goats from Great Britain 5 1 A person shall not bring the head of a sheep or goat into Northern Ireland from Great Britain unless it has been stained in accordance with legislation having effect in Great Britain and corresponding to provisions in the HSGTD Regulations relating to staining or it is exempt from the requirement to stain under the legislation having effect in Great Britain as it would be under regulation 6 of the HSGTD Regulations. 2 Any person bringing the head of a sheep or goat into Northern Ireland from Great Britain shall immediately transport it to one of the destinations specified in Article 4(1). 3 In paragraph (1), “stain” has the same meaning as in the HSGTD Regulations. Records 6 1 A record required by this Order to be kept shall be made in permanent and legible form. 2 A person required by this Order to keep a record shall on demand made at any reasonable time by a veterinary officer or other authorised officer of the Department produce to him that record and such inspector or officer shall be entitled to inspect that record and to copy or take extracts therefrom. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on 14th September 1996. Liam McKibben Assistant Secretary