The Cattle Identification Regulations 2007
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2007/529 |
- “cattle” means bovine animals, including bison and buffalo;
- “cattle passport” means—
- (a) F29a cattle passport issued in England under regulation 6 of, and schedule 3 to, these Regulations or the equivalent measures in Wales or Scotland;
- (b) a cattle passport issued under the Cattle Passports Order 1996; or
- (c) a movement document issued under the Cattle (Identification of Older Animals) (England) Regulations 2000 or the equivalent measure in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland;
- F2“Commission Regulation (EC) No 494/98” means Commission Regulation (EC) No 494/98 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 as regards the application of minimum administrative sanctions in the framework of the system for the identification and registration of bovine animals;
- “holding” means any establishment, construction or, in the case of an open-air farm, any place in which cattle are held, kept or handled;
- “inspector” means a person appointed to be an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations by the Secretary of State or a local authority;
- “keeper” means any person responsible for animals, whether on a permanent or temporary basis, including during transportation or at a market;
- “local authority” means—
- (a) where there is only one principal council, that council;
- (b) in the City of London and in all London boroughs in relation to imported animals, the Common Council; otherwise
- (c) the county council.
- “previous cattle tagging legislation” means—
- (a) the Cattle Identification Regulations 1998;
- (b) the Bovine Animals (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 1995;
- (c) the Bovine Animals (Identification, Marking and Breeding Records) Order 1990;
- (d) the Tuberculosis (England and Wales) Order 1984; and
- (e) the Tuberculosis (Scotland) Order 1984;
- “Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000” means Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council (establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97) ;
- “valid”, in relation to a cattle passport, means a cattle passport that has been correctly completed and signed in the appropriate place by each keeper of the animal and where the identification number and description of the animal in the passport correlate to the ear tags and the animal.
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