The Beef (Emergency Control) Order 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/961
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Title, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Beef (Emergency Control) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 29th March 1996.

(2) In this Order “meat” means any part of an animal that is suitable for human consumption.

Section 2 Prohibition of sale of meat from older bovine animals

No person shall sell for human consumption any meat derived from a bovine animal slaughtered after the commencement of this Order which, at the time of slaughter, showed signs of more than one pair of permanent incisors.

Section 3 Enforcement

This Order shall be enforced and executed by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in relation to England and by the Secretary of State in relation to Scotland and Wales.

Section 4 Application of various sections of the Act

The following provisions of the Act shall apply for the purposes of this Order as they apply for the purposes of the Act, and, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in them to the Act shall be construed as a reference to the Order—

(a) section 2 (extended meaning of “sale” etc. );

(b) section 3 (presumptions that food is intended for sale for human consumption);

(c) section 20 (offences due to fault of another person);

(d) section 21 (defence of due diligence);

(e) section 33 (obstruction etc. of officers);

(f) section 36 (offences by bodies corporate), subject to the modification that a reference to a body corporate includes a Scottish partnership and a reference to a director includes a partner in a Scottish partnership; and

(g) section 44 (protection of officers acting in good faith).