HL Deb 07 May 2002 vol 634 cc164-5WA
Baroness Byford

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Which regulations have been consolidated by the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (England) Regulations 2002. [HL4011]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Whitty)

Essentially, the TSE (England) Regulations 2002 seek to implement Community measures against TSEs set out in Regulation (EC) No 999/2001. This relates to all animal and public health risks resulting from animal TSEs, covering the whole chain of production and the placing on the market and export of live animals and products of animal origin.

Of course the Government wish to ensure that the Community rules are fully reflected in national law. The TSE (England) Regulations 2002 therefore revoke and replace much of the previous national legislation and provide powers and penalties in order effectively to administer and enforce the Community measures in England. However, the regulations do not cover export trade aspects of the Community rules. These are covered by appropriate transitional measures, mirroring existing domestic legislation, until decisions can be taken on the BSE status of individual member states.

This is reflected in the following list of legislation consolidated within the TSE (England) Regulations 2002:

Legislation
The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No 2) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3183) The whole order
The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Compensation Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3184) The whole order
The Specified Risk Material Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/2964) Articles 5 and 7 to 14
The Specified Risk Material Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/2965) Regulations 5 to 11, 13, 14, 15, 15A, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 to 28
The Fertilisers (Mammalian Meat and Bone Meal) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/954) The whole regulations
The Fertilisers (Mammalian Meat and Bone Meal) (Conditions of Manufacture) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/955) The whole regulations
The Sheep and Goats Spongiform Encephalopathy Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1645) The whole order
The Sheep and Goats Spongiform Encephalopathy Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1646) The whole regulations
The Sheep and Goats Spongiform Encephalopathy (Compensation) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1647) The whole order
The BSE Offspring Slaughter Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/3070) The whole regulations
The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Feeding Stuffs and Surveillance) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/882) The whole regulations
The Processed Animal Protein (England) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/2376) Regulations 4 to 9, 12 to 16 and Schedules 1, 2 and 3
The BSE Monitoring (England) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1644) The whole regulations