Contents
Article 1Citation and commencement#
This Order may be cited as the Mechanically Recovered Meat (Export Prohibition) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995 and shall come into operation on 18th December 1995.
Article 2Interpretation#
In this Order—• “mechanically recovered meat” does not include meat recovered by the use of hand held powered knives which do not use powered pressure or suction; and• “vertebral column” means the whole or any part thereof and includes the sacrum but does not include the coccygeal vertebrae.
Article 3Export prohibition#
A person shall not export from Northern Ireland to Great Britain, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands or another member State, meat which has been recovered by mechanical means from the vertebral column of a bovine animal (mechanically recovered meat) except in accordance with a licence granted by the Department.
Article 4Licences#
A licence granted under Article 3—
(a)shall be in writing;
(b)may be granted subject to conditions; and
(c)may be modified, suspended or revoked by notice in writing given to the holder thereof at any time.
Article 5Production of licences#
Where mechanically recovered meat is being exported in accordance with a licence granted under Article 3, the person in charge of the mechanically recovered meat being exported shall carry the licence during the export and shall, on demand made by an inspector or by a constable—
(a)produce the licence and allow a copy or extract to be taken; and
(b)furnish his name and address.
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