This Order may be cited as the Specified Diseases (Notification) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 21st October 1996.
Article 2Amendment of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) Order 1996#
(a)the following definition is inserted immediately after the definition of “the appropriate Minister”—“• “approval number” means (in relation to a regulated slaughterhouse) the unique number of that regulated slaughterhouse required to be specified in the centre of a health mark (as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995 (“the 1995 Regulations”));”
(b)after the definition of “MBM product” the following definition shall be inserted–“• “offspring animal” means a bovine animal born on or after 1st August 1996 in the United Kingdom to a dam which–(a) was affected or suspected of being affected with the disease when it gave birth to the animal; or(b) has subsequently become affected or suspected of being affected with the disease;”
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