Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 1996
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1996/28 |
| Year | 1996 |
1996 No. 28
ANIMALSANIMAL HEALTH
The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 1996
Made 10th January 1996
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 and 8(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, which amongst other provisions implements Council Directive 92/102/EECon the identification and registration of animals2so far as that directive relates to sheep and goats, may be cited as the Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 1996 and shall come into force—
(a) for the purposes of all articles other than articles 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 13 on 1st February 1996; and
(b) for the purposes of articles 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 13 on 1st March 1996.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Order—
“holding” means any establishment, construction or, in the case of an open air farm, any place in which animals are held, kept or handled, but does not include a border inspection post specified for the purposes of importing live animals from outside the European Union;
“identification mark” means the identification mark applied to an animal in accordance with this Order;
“keeper” means any natural or legal person having care and control of animals, even on a temporary basis.
(2) Any reference in this Order to a Community instrument is a reference to that instrument as amended at the time of coming into force of this Order.
Notification of holdings where sheep or goats are kept
3.—(1) Within three months of the coming into force of this article, or within three months of beginning to keep either sheep or goats on a holding, it shall be the duty of any person keeping sheep or goats on a holding to notify the appropriate authority in writing of—
(a)
(a) the address of the holding;
(b)
(b) the name and address of the occupier of the holding; and
(c)
(c) the species of animals (including species other than sheep or goats) which are usually kept on the holding.
(2) A person keeping sheep or goats shall give written notification to the appropriate authority of any change in the particulars specified in paragraph (1) above within one month of such change.
(3) On receiving notification under this article, the appropriate authority shall allocate to the keeper of the sheep or goats a flockmark in the case of sheep, or a herdmark in the case of goats.
(4) In this article “appropriate authority” means, in relation to England and Wales the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and in Scotland the Secretary of State.
Records concerning sheep
4.—(1) Any person keeping sheep on a holding shall record, on or before 31st January in each year, the number of sheep on that holding on 1st January of that year.
(2) Within 36 hours of sheep being deliberately moved on or off a holding, the keeper of such sheep shall record—
(a)
(a) the date of movement;
(b)
(b) the identification mark (or, in the case of a person receiving sheep directly from a market, or a person keeping a record at a market, the lot number allocated at the market) of each of the sheep moved;
(c)
(c) the total number of sheep moved;
(d)
(d) the holding of birth of each of the sheep (if known); and
(e)
(e) either—
(i) the holding from which the sheep have been brought, if they are moved on to the holding, or
(ii) the holding to which the sheep are moved if they are moved off the holding.
(3) In the case of sheep being sold without being moved on or off a holding, the vendor shall record, within 36 hours of the sale—
(a)
(a) the date of sale;
(b)
(b) the number of animals sold;
(c)
(c) the name and address of the purchaser; and
(d)
(d) the identification mark of each of the sheep.
(4) All records under this article shall be retained by the person making the record for a period of three years.
Additional records for specified sheepmeat producers
5.—(1) In addition to the records required under the preceding article, a keeper who is a sheepmeat producer for the purposes of Council Regulation 3493/90/EEC (laying down general rules for the grant of premium to sheepmeat and goatmeat producers))3shall keep the records specified in this article.
(2) On or before 14th February 1996, the keeper shall record the total number of female sheep on the holding on 1st February 1996 which either were over 12 months old or had given birth, and the date the entry was made.
(3) On or before 31st January 1997, and on or before 31st January in each subsequent year, the keeper shall record the total number of female sheep on the holding on 1st January of that year which either were over 12 months old or had given birth, and the date the entry was made.
(4) Within fourteen days of any of the following events—
(a)
(a) the deliberate movement on or off the holding of female sheep which were either over 12 months old or which had given birth;
(b)
(b) a female sheep which has not given birth reaching the age of 12 months;
(c)
(c) a female sheep under 12 months old giving birth;
(d)
(d) the discovery that a female sheep which was either over 12 months old or which had given birth has been lost from the holding, either because it has died or because it is missing from the holding,
the keeper shall record the total number of female sheep on the holding which have given birth or which are over 12 months old, the date of the entry and the reasons that the total number of such sheep on the holding has changed.
(5) All records under this article shall be retained by the person making the record for a period of four years.
Records concerning goats
6.—(1) Any person keeping goats on a holding shall record, on or before 31st January each year, the number of goats on that holding on 1st January of that year.
(2) Within 36 hours of goats being deliberately moved on or off a holding, the keeper shall record—
(a)
(a) the date of movement;
(b)
(b) the identification mark (or, in the case of a person receiving goats directly from a market, or a person keeping a record at a market, the lot number allocated at the market) of each of the goats moved;
(c)
(c) the total number of goats moved;
(d)
(d) the holding of birth (if known); and
(e)
(e) either—
(i) the holding from which the goats have been brought, if they are moved on to the holding, or
(ii) the holding to which the goats are moved if they are moved off the holding.
(3) In the case of goats being sold without being moved on or off a holding, the vendor shall record, within 36 hours of the sale—
(a)
(a) the date of sale;
(b)
(b) the number of animals sold;
(c)
(c) the name and address of the purchaser; and
(d)
(d) the identification mark of each of the goats.
(4) All records under this article shall be retained by the person...
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