The Sheep and Goats Spongiform Encephalopathy Regulations 1998 (revoked)

UK Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 1646 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created

0recorded in force

0revoked

Made: 7 July 1998
In force from: 29 July 1998
Extent: Not stated
Subject: Dogs, animals, hunting and wildlife
Made under: European Communities Act 1972

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These Regulations, which extend to Great Britain, give effect in part to articles 3(1) and 4(1) of Commission Decision 98/272/EEC (OJ No. L122, 24.4.98, p.59) on epidemio-surveillance for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in sheep and goats. Regulation 3 provides for the investigation of any transmissible spongiform encephalopathy in sheep and goats, the examination and testing of sheep and goats, and the taking of samples from them, for transmissible spongiform encephalopathy. It also provides for the marking of their carcases for this purpose. Regulation 3 requires that people in charge or in possession of sheep and goats and carcases of sheep and goats co-operate with these investigations. It also provides rights of entry to premises for veterinary inspectors and officers of the appropriate Minister (defined in regulation 2). Regulation 4 makes provision for offences of obstruction and regulation 5 for other offences and penalties. Regulation 6 makes provision for offences by bodies corporate and regulation 7 provides that the Regulations are executed and enforced by the appropriate Minister. A Regulatory Appraisal for these Regulations has been prepared and placed in the library of each House Of Parliament. Copies can be obtained from Animal Health (BSE) Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Government Buildings, Hook Rise South, Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey KT6 7NF.

Offences created by this instrument

Any person who, without lawful authority or excuse, proof of which shall lie on him— a defaces, obliterates or removes… regulation 5(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind

What Parliament said about it

Hansard was searched for this instrument by name and returned nothing. That is the ordinary outcome: an instrument laid under the negative procedure is usually never debated, and becomes law without a word said about it in either House.

How Parliament handled it

Parliament's Statutory Instruments service records procedure from May 2017 onwards, and this instrument predates it. That is a limit of the source, not a statement that nothing happened.

Check the source

This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
Other instruments from 1998