Specified Risk Material Amendment (No. 3) (Scotland) Regulations 2001 (S.S.I. No. 288 of 2001). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision Scotland Document type Regulation Date 2001 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock Keyword Hygiene/sanitary procedures Animal health Pests/diseases Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Entry into force notes These Regulations will come into force on 20 August 2001. Abstract These Regulations implement the provisions of Annex XI to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. The substantive amendments made by these Regulations to the principal Regulations are made in respect of transitional measures (Part A of Annex XI of the Regulation cited imposes transitional measures with regard to the removal of specified risk material and was inserted into Regulation (EC) No. 999/01 by Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1326/2001)) and in view of the amendment made to regulation 26 of the principal Regulations by the Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (S.S.I. 2000/62). That regulation is further amended to enable the Scottish Ministers or the Food Standards Agency to give directions relating to the disposal of specified risk material (regulation 2(14) and (15)). A consequential amendment is also required to regulation 29(2)(c) (regulation 2(16)). Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Amends Specified Risk Material Regulations 1997 (No. 2965). Legislation | United Kingdom | 1997 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Animal health, Pests/diseases Source: FAO, FAOLEX