Bovine Animals (Identification, Marking and Breeding Records) Order 1990
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1990/1867 |
| Year | 1990 |
1990 No. 1867
ANIMALSANIMAL HEALTH
The Bovine Animals (Identification, Marking and Breeding Records) Order 1990
Made 18th September 1990
Laid before Parliament 26th September 1990
Coming into force 15th October 1990
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1, 8(1), 10(1) and (2), 72 and 86(1) of the Animal Health Act 19811and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:
Title and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Bovine Animals (Identification, Marking and Breeding Records) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 15th October 1990.
Interpretation
2. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires–
“the Act” means the Animal Health Act 1981;
“appropriate Minister” means, in relation to England, the Minister, and in relation to Scotland or to Wales, the Secretary of State;
“approved identification” means an identification made in a manner approved by the appropriate Minister identifying the individual animal;
“bovine animal” means a bull, cow, steer, heifer or calf;
“dairy herd” means any bovine animals which are kept for milk production;
“dam” means the female parent of a calf whether or not the calf was the product of an implanted ovum or embryo and excludes a female bovine animal from which the ovum or embryo has been taken;
“distinguishing mark” means a mark placed on a bovine animal or bovine animals to distinguish it or them, as the case may be, from other bovine animals;
“inspector” means a person appointed to be an inspector for the purposes of the Act by the Minister or by a local authority, and, when used in relation to an officer of the Ministry, includes a veterinary inspector;
“the Minister” and “the Ministry” mean respectively the Minister and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;
“premises” includes land with or without buildings but does not include any part ofany premises used for the temporary detention of animals as a market, sale-yard, fairground, slaughterhouse lair or place of exhibition;
“slaughterhouse” means–
(a) in relation to England and Wales, a slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard as defined in section 34 of the Slaughterhouses Act 19742, and
(b) in relation to Scotland, a slaughterhouse as defined in section 22 of the Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 19803; and
“veterinary inspector” means a veterinary inspector appointed by the Minister.
Application of the Order
3. The provisions of the Order shall not apply in relation to approved premises, within the meaning of the Importation of Animals Order 19774and shall apply in relation to imported animals only–
(a) from the time specified in the licence issued in respect of those animals under article 11(5) of that Order; or
(b) where the existence or suspected existence of disease in any part of Great Britain makes it expedient that no such licence should be issued for the time being, from the time when those animals have completed the period of detention in quarantine required under the provisions of that Order, or as the case may be, have been rested in an approved reception centre for the period so required.
Identification of bovine animals
4.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, the owner or person in charge of a bovine animal kept on any premises shall identify the animal with an approved identification.
(2) The requirement in paragraph (1) above shall not apply in relation to–
(a)
(a) a bovine animal in a dairy herd being a bovine animal less than 36 hours old; or
(b)
(b) any other bovine animal less than 7 days old.
(3) The owner or person in charge of a bovine animal kept on any premises which has lost (for whatever reason) its approved identification shall identify the animal with the approved identification appropriate to those premises and record the details of the previous approved identification of the animal with the details of the new approved identification except that the owner or person in charge of the bovine animal shall not be required to record the details of the previous approved identification if after making reasonable inquiries he has been unable to obtain such details.
Restriction on the movement of unidentified bovine animals
5. No person shall move a bovine animal on to or off any premises unless it has an approved identification.
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