BSE: Legislation
Note: The following list and Internet links are intended only as a guide. While this page is updated periodically, we cannot guarantee that it is complete and accurate. Readers wishing to comply with legislation may therefore wish to consult their own legal advisers.
Where possible this section contains direct links to copies of legislation that are held on the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) and the Eur-Lex websites. If you have problems using these links, or you want to search for other legislation, you can access the search page of the OPSI site or the search page of the Eur-Lex site.
Domestic Legislation
Regulation (EC) 999/2001 and its amendments (see the European Legislation section below) set out the requirements for the monitoring, control & eradication of TSEs as well as the controls on feedingstuffs and specified risk material (SRM) in relation to TSEs. The European legislation is directly applicable and is administered and enforced by the following domestic legislation:
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The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1881) - in force 7 August 2008, as amended by
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The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Fees) (England) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2269) - in force 22 September 2008, and
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The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2008 (2008/3295) – in force 12 January 2009;
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The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Wales) Amendment Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/3154/W. 282) – in force 31 December 2008, as amended by
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The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Wales) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2008 (S.I.2008/3266(W.288)) – in force 12 January 2009
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The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (Scottish S.I. 2006/530) - in force 24 November 2006, as amended by
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The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007 (Scottish S.I. 2007/357) – in force 18 July 2007,
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The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 (Scottish S.I. 2008/166) – in force 26 April 2008, and
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The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Scotland) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008 (Scottish S.I. 2008/417) - in force 1 January 2009;
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The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/508) – in force 1 January 2009.
European Legislation
General
The articles and annexes of Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 and its subsequent amendments and derogations, set out the requirements for the monitoring, control and eradication of TSEs and the controls on feedingstuffs and SRM.
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23 April, 2009