AGRICULTURE Title and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Beef Special Premium (Amendment) Regulations 1999, and shall come into force on 22nd May 1999. Interpretation 2 1 In these Regulations, the “ principal Regulations ” means the Beef Special Premium Regulations 1996 . 2 In regulations 4 to 11 below, any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation so numbered in the principal Regulations. Amendment of the principal Regulations 3 The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with regulations 4 to 11 below. 4 In regulation 2 (interpretation)– a in paragraph (1)– i the following definitions shall be inserted at the appropriate alphabetical place– “cattle passport” means a document containing the information set out in Article 6.1 of Commission Regulation ( EC ) No. 2629/97 ; ; “Commission Regulation 2629/97” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2629/97 (laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97 as regards eartags, holding registers and passports in the framework of the system for the identification and registration of bovine animals); ; “Council Regulation 820/97” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97 (establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef products); ; “licensed slaughterhouse” means a slaughterhouse licensed under the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995 ; ; “movement card” means a card issued with the cattle passport for reporting cattle movements under the Cattle Database Regulations 1998 ; ; “official veterinary surgeon” means an official veterinary surgeon designated under regulation 8 of the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995; ; and “relevant cattle passport” means a cattle passport which is issued on or after 28th September 1998 and which contains movement cards; ; ii for the definition of “ear-tag” there shall be substituted the following definition– “ear-tag” means– an ear tag which has been attached to a bovine animal in accordance with article 8 of the Bovine Animals (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 1995 ; an ear tag such as is specified in paragraph (2)(b) of that article; or an ear tag required to be attached to a bovine animal in accordance with article 4.1 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97 ; ; iii for the definition of “national administrative document” there shall be substituted the following definition– “national administrative document” means a relevant cattle passport, or, in relation to any animal in respect of which no relevant cattle passport has been issued, a document issued by the appropriate Minister or competent authority in Northern Ireland in pursuance of article 3 of Commission Regulation 3886/92; ; and iv in the definition of “specified animal”, after the words “three months old”, there shall be inserted “or an animal in respect of which a national administrative document has been issued”; and b in paragraph (3), for the words “the date on which these Regulations are made” there shall be substituted “the date on which the Beef Special Premium (Amendment) Regulations 1999 are made”. 5 After regulation 2, there shall be inserted the following regulation– 2A Regulations 3, 4, 5, 5A and 6 below shall not apply in relation to any animal in respect of which a relevant cattle passport has been issued. . 6 In regulation 3(5), for the words “articles 8 to 14 of the Bovine Animals (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 1995” there shall be substituted “Article 4 of Council Regulation 820/97, Articles 1 to 3 of Commission Regulation 2629/97 or regulations 3 to 11 of the Cattle Identification Regulations 1998 ”. 7 In regulation 4 (sale of specified animals)– a in paragraph (1), after the word “sell”, there shall be inserted “or purchase”; and b in paragraph (2), for the words “a specified animal” there shall be substituted “an animal which is over three months old”, and for the words “sold if” there shall be substituted “sold or purchased if no national administrative document has been issued in respect of that animal and”. 8 1 In the heading to regulation 5 (death, loss, theft or export of animal), the word “death” shall be deleted. 2 In regulation 5(1)– a the words “death (howsoever caused),” shall be deleted; and b for the words “three months of that death,” there shall be substituted “seven days of that”. 9 After regulation 5, there shall be inserted the following regulation– Slaughter and death of animal 5A 1 In this regulation, “a relevant animal” means an animal in respect of which a national administrative document has been issued. 2 Immediately on the arrival of a relevant animal at a licensed slaughterhouse, the person holding the animal shall give the national administrative document for that animal to the operator of the slaughterhouse. 3 On the slaughter of a relevant animal at a licensed slaughterhouse, the operator of the slaughterhouse shall, within seven days of the animal’s slaughter, surrender that document to the appropriate Minister; and for the purposes of this paragraph, the surrender of that document to the official veterinary surgeon shall be treated as its surrender to the appropriate Minister. 4 On the death of a relevant animal other than by slaughter at a licensed slaughterhouse, the person holding the animal at the time of death shall, within seven days of the animal’s death, surrender that document to the appropriate Minister. . 10 In regulation 6 (replacement of national administrative documents), in paragraph (3), after the words “the appropriate Minister shall”, there shall be inserted “, save where any requirement mentioned in regulation 3(5) is being contravened in relation to the animal,”. 11 In regulation 18 (offences), in paragraph (a), for the words “to fail to comply with the provisions of regulation 4, 5(1) or 13”, there shall be substituted “to contravene any provision of regulation 4(1), 5(1), 5A or 13”. Donoughue Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 15th April 1999 Sewel Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 15th April 1999