Bovine Offal (Prohibition) (England, Wales and Scotland) (Revocation) Regulations 1995 (S.I. No. 1955 of 1995)
Made 1995-07-21 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Food and nutrition
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- food safety and quality
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The Bovine Offal (Prohibition) (England, Wales and Scotland) (Revocation) Regulations 1995 file:///D/HTML/uk4268.htm[16.01.2025 10:46:40] Statutory Instrument 1995 No. 1955 The Bovine Offal (Prohibition) (England, Wales and Scotland) (Revocation) Regulations 1995 © Crown Copyright 1995 The legislation contained on this web site is subject to Crown Copyright protection. It may be reproduced free of charge provided that it is reproduced accurately and that the source and copyright status of the material is made evident to users. It should be noted that the right to reproduce the text of Statutory Instruments does not extend to the Royal Arms and the Queen's Printer imprints. The text of this Internet version of the Statutory Instrument has been prepared to reflect the text as it was Made. The authoritative version is the Queen's Printer copy published by The Stationery Office Limited as the The Bovine Offal (Prohibition) (England, Wales and Scotland) (Revocation) Regulations 1995, ISBN 0110533844. Purchase this item. For details of how to obtain an official copy see How to obtain The Stationery Office Limited titles. To ensure fast access over slow connections, large documents have been segmented into "chunks". Where you see a "continue" button at the bottom of the page of text, this indicates that there is another chunk of text available. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1995No. 1955 FOOD The Bovine Offal (Prohibition) (England, Wales and Scotland) (Revocation) Regulations 1995 Made 21st July 1995 Laid before Parliament 25th July 1995 Coming into force 15th August 1995 The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in relation to England and Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 6(4), 16(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), and (f), (2) and (3), 26(3) and 48(1) of, and paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety Act 1990[1] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) of the said Act with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Regulations, hereby make the following Regulations:— The Bovine Offal (Prohibition) (England, Wales and Scotland) (Revocation) Regulations 1995 file:///D/HTML/uk4268.htm[16.01.2025 10:46:40] Title and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Bovine Offal (Prohibition) (England, Wales and Scotland) (Revocation) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 15th August 1995. Revocations 2. The Regulations specified in columns 1 and 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations are hereby revoked to the extent specified in column 3 of that Schedule. Amendment 3. After the definition of "scientific purposes" in regulation 2(1) of the Animal By-Products (Identification) Regulations 1995[2] there shall be inserted the following— ""specified bovine offal" means— (a) the brain, spinal cord, spleen, thymus, tonsils and intestines of a bovine animal six months old or over which has died in the United Kingdom or has been slaughtered there; (b) the thymus and intestines of a bovine animal two months old or over but less than six months old which has died in the United Kingdom or has been slaughtered there; (c) the thymus and intestines of a bovine animal under two months old which has been slaughtered in the United Kingdom for human consumption, and includes anything left attached to such organ after dissection of the carcase and any animal matter which comes into contact with the organ after it has been removed from the carcase, but does not include a whole carcase;." Angela Browning Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 20th July 1995 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Cumberlege Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health 21st July 1995 Lindsay Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 20th July 1995 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Gwilym Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 20th July 1995 Notes: The Bovine Offal (Prohibition) (England, Wales and Scotland) (Revocation) Regulations 1995 file:///D/HTML/uk4268.htm[16.01.2025 10:46:40] © Crown copyright 1995 Prepared 20th September 2000 [1] 1990 c. 16; "the Ministers" is defined in section 4(1); section 6(4) was amended by the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40), section 31 and Schedule 9, paragraph 6. back [2] S.I. 1995/614. back