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1Citation, commencement and extent#
(1)These Regulations may be cited as the Specified Risk Material Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 10th January 2001.
(2)These Regulations extend to Scotland only.
2Amendments to the Specified Risk Material Regulations 1997#
(1)The Specified Risk Material Regulations 1997 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2) of this regulation.
(2)In regulation 4 (specified bovine material), paragraph (1) is substituted by the following paragraph:–“1 In these Regulations, “specified bovine material” means–a in relation to a bovine animal which was slaughtered or has died elsewhere than in Australia or New Zealand, the intestines from the duodenum to the rectum;b in relation to a bovine animal which was slaughtered or has died in the United Kingdom or Portugal at an age greater than 6 months, the following material:–i the entire head (excluding the tongue but including the brains, eyes, trigeminal ganglia and tonsils);ii the thymus;iii the spleen; andiv the spinal cord;c in relation to a bovine animal which was slaughtered or has died in the United Kingdom or Portugal at an age greater than 30 months, the vertebral column (including dorsal root ganglia); andd in relation to a bovine animal which was slaughtered or has died elsewhere than in the United Kingdom, Portugal, Australia or New Zealand at an age greater than 12 months, the following material–i the skull (including the brains and eyes);ii the tonsils; andiii the spinal cord.”
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