This Order makes provision for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals by keepers of such animals and related matters. It implements in Northern Ireland Council Regulation (EC) No. 21/2004. The Order, among other things, provides for the manner of identification, the removal or replacement of identification marks on animals, requires every keeper of animals to keep an up-to-date holding register and an annual inventory, requires a movement document to accompany every animal when it moves between holdings, provides for the allocation of lot numbers to animals at a market and prohibits the buying or selling of animals unless all animals from a lot are bought or sold.
This Order makes provision for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals by keepers of such animals and related matters. It implements in Northern Ireland Council Regulation (EC) No. 21/2004. The Order, among other things, provides for the manner of identification, the removal or replacement of identification marks on animals, requires every keeper of animals to keep an up-to-date holding register and an annual inventory, requires a movement document to accompany every ani
This Order revokes the Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 and the Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006.
Title:
Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. No. 411 of 2009).
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Type of document:
Regulation
Date of text:
2009
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