Vol.9 - Annex: BSE - a selective chronology of legislation by country

England/Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland

1988

The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Order 1988

(No. 1039 of 1988)

The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Order 1988

(No. 1039 of 1988)

Purpose:

a) BSE made notifiable disease

b) Introduction of the ruminant feed ban from 18 July 1988 until 1 January 1989

Made: 14 June 1988

In Force:

18 July 1988 (ruminant feed ban provisions)

21 June 1988 (remainder of provisions)

Signed by:

John MacGregor (Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) 10 June 1988

Peter Walker (Secretary of State for Wales) 13 June 1988

Lord Sanderson of Bowden (Minister of State, Scottish Office) 14 June 1988

Enabling Act: Animal Health Act 1981

Consultation requirement: none

The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Amendment) Order 1988

(No. 1345 of 1988)

The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Amendment) Order 1988

(No. 1345 of 1988)

Purpose: Power given for compulsory slaughter of BSE suspect cattle

Made: 28 July 1988

In Force: 8 August 1988

Signed by:

John MacGregor (Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) 28 July 1988

Peter Walker (Secretary of State for Wales) 28 July 1988

Lord Sanderson of Bowden (Minister of State, Scottish Office) 26 July 1988

Enabling Act: Animal Health Act 1981

Consultation requirement: none

The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Compensation Order 1988

(No. 1346 of 1988)

The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Compensation Order 1988

(No. 1346 of 1988)

Purpose: Prescribed compensation payable for slaughtered BSE suspect cattle

Made: 28 July 1988 (laid before Parliament 1 August 1988)

In Force: 8 August 1988

Signed by:

John MacGregor (Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) 28 July 1988

Peter Walker (Secretary of State for Wales) 28 July 1988

Lord Sanderson of Bowden (Minister of State, Scottish Office) 26 July 1988

David Lightbown (Treasury Minister) 27 July 1988

Michael Neubert (Treasury Minister) 27 July 1988

Enabling Act: Animal Health Act 1981

Consultation requirement: none

Diseases of Animal (Modification) Order (Northern Ireland) 1988

(No. 421 of 1988)

Purpose:

a) Addition of BSE to list of notifiable diseases

b) Power given for compulsory slaughter of BSE suspect cattle; and

c) Prescribed compensation payable for slaughtered BSE suspect cattle

Made: 28 November 1988

In Force: 29 November 1988

Signed by: S R Armstrong (Assistant Secretary, DANI) 28 November 1988

Enabling Legislation: Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

Consultation requirement: none

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Order (Northern Ireland) 1988

(No. 422 of 1988)

Purpose: Compulsory notification of BSE

Made: 28 November 1988

In Force: 29 November 1988

Signed by:

S R Armstrong (Assistant Secretary, DANI) 28 November 1988

Enabling Legislation: Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

Consultation requirement: none

The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) Order 1988

(No. 2299 of 1988)

The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) Order 1988

(No. 2299 of 1988)

Purpose: Extended the ruminant feed ban for one year to 1 January 1990

Made: 27 December 1988

In Force: 30 December 1988

Signed by:

Baroness Trumpington (Parliamentary Secretary, MAFF) 21 December 1988

Peter Walker (Secretary of State for Wales) 27 December 1988

Lord Sanderson of Bowden (Minister of State, Scottish Office) 22 December 1988

Enabling Act: Animal Health Act 1981

Consultation requirement: none

1989

Diseases of Animals (Feeding Stuffs) Order (Northern Ireland) 1989

(No. 8 of 1989)

Purpose: Introduction of ruminant feed ban until 1 January 1990

Made: 10 January 1989

In Force: 11 January 1989

Signed by: S R Armstrong (Assistant Secretary, DANI) 10 January 1989

Enabling Legislation: Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

Consultation requirement: none

The Bovine Offal (Prohibition) Regulations 1989

(No. 2061 of 1989)

Purpose: Banned sale or use of SBO in food for human consumption

Made: 8 November 1989 (laid before Parliament 9 November 1989)

In Force: 13 November 1989

Signed by:

John Gummer (Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) 8 November 1989

Kenneth Clark (Secretary of State for Health) 8 November 1989

Gwilym Jones (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office) 8 November 1989

Enabling Act: Food Act 1984

Consultation requirement: Before making regulations, Ministers to consult with 'such organisations as appear to be representative of interests substantially affected' by them: s. 118 (6) of Food Act 1994

The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) Amendment Order 1989 (No. 2326 of 1989)

Diseases of Animals (Feeding Stuffs) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1989 (No. 497 of 1989)

Purpose: Extended the ruminant feed ban indefinitely

Made: 8 December 1989

Made: 28 December 1989

In Force: 31 December 1989

Signed by:

John Gummer (Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) 7 December 1989

Signed by:

John Gummer (Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) 7 December 1989

Signed by:

D A J Hirrell (Assistant Secretary, DANI) 28 December 1989

Lord Sanderson of Bowden (Minister of State, Scottish Office) 7 December 1989

Peter Walker (Secretary of State for Wales) 8 December 1989

Enabling Act: Animal Health Act 1981

Enabling Act: Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

Consultation requirement: none

1990

The Bovine Offal (Prohibition)(Scotland) Regulations 1990

(No. 112 of 1990)

Bovine Offal (Prohibition) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1990

(No. 30 of 1990)

Purpose: Banned sale or use of SBO in food for human consumption

Made: 26 January 1990 (laid before Parliament 29 January 1990)

Made: 26 January 1990

In Force: 30 January 1990

Signed by: Lord Sanderson of Bowden (Minister of State, Scottish Office) 26 January 1990

Signed by: R McMurray (Assistant Secretary, DHSS) 26 January 1990

Enabling Act: Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956

Enabling Act: Food (Northern Ireland) Order 1989

Consultation requirement: Before making all orders and regulations, Secretary of State to consult with 'such organisations as appear to him to be representative of interests substantially affected by them: Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956

Consultation requirement: DHSS for Northern Ireland to consult with 'such organisations as appear to the Department to be representative of interests substantially affected' by regulations: Food (Northern Ireland) Order 1989

The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Compensation Order 1990

(No. 222 of 1990)

The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Compensation Order 1990

(No. 222 of 1990)

Purpose: Raised compensation for slaughtered animals from 50% to 100% of prescribed formula

Made: 13 February 1990 (laid before Parliament 13 February 1990)

In Force: 14 February 1990

Signed by:

John Gummer (Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) 13 February 1990

Peter Walker (Secretary of State for Wales) 12 February 1990

Lord Sanderson of Bowden (Minister of State, Scottish Office) 13 February 1990

John Taylor (Treasury Minister) 12 February 1990

Thomas Sackville (Treasury Minister) 12 February 1990

Enabling Act: Animal Health Act 1981

Consultation requirement: none

The Diseases of Animals (Modification) Order (Northern Ireland) 1990

(No. 135 of 1990)

Purpose: Raised compensation for slaughtered animals from 50% to 100% of prescribed formula

Made: 29 March 1990

In Force: 1 May 1990

Signed by: P Toal (Assistant Secretary, DANI) 29 March 1990

Enabling Act: Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

Consultation requirement: none

The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) Amendment Order 1990

(No. 1930 of 1990)

The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) Amendment Order 1990

(No. 1930 of 1990)

The Diseases of Animals (Feedingstuffs) Order (Northern Ireland)

(No. 344 of 1990)

Purpose:

a) Banned the sale, supply or use of SBO in animal feed, and feeding of SBO to animals

b) Prohibited exports of feed containing SBO to EU Member States

Made: 24 September 1990

In Force: 25 September 1990

In Force: 24 September 1990

Signed by:

John Gummer (Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) 22 September 1990

D Hirrell (Assistant Secretary, DANI) 24 September 1990

David Hunt (Secretary of State for Wales) 22 September 1990

Lord Strathclyde (Secretary of State for Scotland) 24 September 1990

Enabling Act: Animal Health Act 1981

Enabling Act: Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

Consultation requirement: none

1992

The Bovine Offal (Prohibition) (Amendment)Regulations 1992

(No. 306 of 1992)

The Bovine Offal (Prohibition) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1992

(No. 158 of 1992)

Purpose: SBO ban for human food amended to ban head meat removed after brain removed or skull opened, and to ban removal of brain in proximity to meat intended for human consumption

Made: 19 February 1992 (laid before Parliament 20 February 1992)

Made: 30 January 1992 (laid before Parliament 17 February 1992)

In Force: 12 March 1992

In Force: 9 March 1992

Signed by:

John Gummer (Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) 19 February 1992

Stephen Dorrell (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health) 18 February 1992

David Hunt (Secretary of State for Wales) 19 February 1992

Lord Strathclyde (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office) 30 January 1992

Enabling Act: Food Safety Act 1990

Consultation requirement: Before making any regulations, Ministers to consult with 'such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected' by regulations: Food Safety Act 1990

1994

The Spongiform Encephalopathy (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 1994 (No. 2627 of 1994)

Purpose: Extended SBO controls for animal feed to include thymus and intestines derived from all animals over the age of two months old, which had died (rather than have been slaughtered)

Made: 10 October 1994

In Force: 2 November 1994

Signed by:

William Waldegrave (Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) 6 October 1994

Hector Monro (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office) 6 October 1994

Gwilym Jones (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office) 10 October 1994

Enabling Act: Animal Health Act 1981

Consultation requirement: none

The Bovine Offal (Prohibition) (Amendment) Regulations 1994

(No. 2628 of 1994)

The Bovine Offal (Prohibition) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1994

(No. 2544 of 1994)

Purpose: Extended SBO controls for human food to include thymus and intestines derived from all animals over the age of two months old, which had died (rather than have been slaughtered)

Made: 10 October 1994 (laid before Parliament 12 October 1994)

In Force: 2 November 1994

Signed by:

William Waldegrave (Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) 6 October 1994

Hector Monro (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office) 27 September 1994

Baroness Cumberlege (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health) 5 October 1994

Gwilym Jones (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Welsh Office) 10 October 1994

Enabling Act: Food Safety Act 1990

1995

The Diseases of Animals (Feedingstuffs) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland (No. 43 of 1995)

Purpose: Extended SBO controls for animal feed to include the thymus and intestines of all bovine animals over the age of two months

Made: 21 February 1995

In Force: 27 March 1995

Signed by: P Toal(Assistant Secretary, DANI) 21 February 1995

Enabling Act: Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

Consultation requirement: none

The Bovine Offal (Prohibition) (Amendment) Regulations 1995

(No. 613 of 1995)

The Bovine Offal (Prohibition) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1995

(No. 537 of 1995)

The Bovine Offal (Prohibition) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995

(No. 136 of 1995)

Purpose:

a) Required a new stain (Patent Blue V) to be used to identify specified bovine offal

a) Extended the controls on SBO for human food to include the thymus and intestines of all bovine animals over the age of two months

b) Transferred enforcement powers in relation to premises licensed under the Fresh Meat (Hygiene & Inspection) Regulations 1995 to the Secretary of State (following the establishment of the MHS)

b) Required a new stain (Patent Blue V) to be used to identify specified bovine offal

Made: 7 March 1995 (laid before Parliament 9 March 1995)

Made: 2 March 1995 (laid before Parliament 10 March 1995)

Made: 30 March 1995

In Force: 1 April 1995

In Force: 28 April 1995

Signed by:

Angela Browning (Parliamentary Secretary, MAFF) 28 February 1995

Hector Monro (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office) 2 March 1995

L Sinclair (Assistant Secretary, DANI) 30 March 1995

Baroness Cumberlege (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health) 7 March 1995

Gwilym Jones (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office) 3 March 1995

Enabling Act: Food Safety Act 1990

Enabling Act: Food (Northern Ireland) Order 1989

Consultation requirement: Before making regulations, DANI to consult with 'such organisations as appear to the Department to be representative of interests substantially affected' by them: Food (Northern Ireland) Order 1989

The Specified Bovine Offal Order 1995

(No. 1928 of 1995)

The Specified Bovine Offal Order 1995

(No. 1928 of 1995)

Purpose: Required bovine eyes and skulls to be treated as SBO; banned removal of spinal cord except in a slaughterhouse; introduced power to license head boning plants, collection controls, incinerators and rendering plants handling SBO material

Made: 20 July 1995

In Force: 15 August 1995

Signed by:

Angela Browning (Parliamentary Secretary, MAFF) 20 July 1995

Gwilym Jones (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office) 20 July 1995

Lord Lindsay (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office) 20 July 1995

Enabling Act: Animal Health Act 1981

Consultation requirement: none

The Specified Bovine Offal (Amendment) Order 1995

(No. 3246 of 1995)

The Specified Bovine Offal (Amendment) Order 1995

(No. 3246 of 1995)

The Mechanically Recovered Meat Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995

(No. 470 of 1995)

Purpose: To ban the use of the vertebral column in the manufacture of Mechanically Recovered Meat

Made: 14 December 1995

Made: 15 December 1995

In Force: 15 December 1995

In Force: 18 December 1995

Signed by:

Angela Browning (Parliamentary Secretary, MAFF) 14 December 1995

L Sinclair (Assistant Secretary, DANI) 15 December 1995

Gwilym Jones (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office) 13 December 1995

Lord Lindsay (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office) 13 December 1995

Enabling Act: Animal Health Act 1981

Enabling Act: Food (Northern Ireland) Order 1989

Consultation requirement: none

Consultation requirement: Before making regulations, DANIto consult with 'such organisations as appear to the Department to be representative of interests substantially affected' by them: Food (Northern Ireland) Order 1989.

The Specified Bovine Offal (Treatment and Disposal) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 (No. 457 of 1995)

Purpose: Required bovine eyes and skulls to be treated as SBO; banned the removal of spinal cord except in a slaughterhouse; introduced power to license premises handling SBO material

Made: 11 December 1995

In Force: 21 December 1995

Signed by: P Toal(Assistant Secretary, DANI) 11 December 1995

Enabling Act: Food (Northern Ireland) Order 1989