The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (England) Order 2009
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2009/3219 |
- “animal” means any animal of the ovine or caprine species;
- “central point of recording” means a holding approved by the Secretary of State under Section C.2 of the Annex to the Council Regulation for recording the identities of animals arriving at that holding;
- “Council Directive 92/102/EEC” means Council Directive 92/102/EEC on the identification and registration of animals;
- “the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 21/2004 establishing a system for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals and amending Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003 and Directives 92/102/EEC and 64/432/EECF3as amended from time to time;
- “export” means sending to F24a member State or a third country;
- “flockmark” means the number allocated by the Secretary of State in respect of a flock of sheep on a holding;
- “herdmark” means the number allocated by the Secretary of State in respect of a herd of goats on a holding;
- “holding” has the meaning given in Article 2 of the Council Regulation;
- “identification code” means the code set out on a means of identification as required under this Order or under the previous Orders;
- “identification device” means an eartag, electronic eartag, pastern tag, electronic pastern tagF4, bolus or, in relation to goats, an injectable transponder;
- “identification mark” means a method of identification applied in F24a member State, a means of identification or an older means of identification;
- F5“illegible” means, in relation to an electronic identification device, unreadable either electronically or visually;
- “inspector” means a person appointed to be an inspector for the purposes of this Order by the Secretary of State or a local authority;
- “keeper” has the meaning given in Article 2 of the Council Regulation;
- “local authority” means—
- (a) where there is, within the meaning of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994, a unitary authority for a local government area, that authority;
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(b) where there is not a unitary authority—
- (i) in a metropolitan district, the council of that district;
- (ii) in a non-metropolitan county, the council of that county; or
- (iii) in each London borough, the council of that borough;
- (iv) in the city of London, the Common Council;
- “market operator” means a person responsible for managing the reception or the sale of animals in a market or a duly authorised representative of such a person;
- “means of identification” means an identification device or a tattoo;
- “method of identification” means an eartag, pastern tagF6, injectable transponder or tattoo applied in F24a member State or a third country;
- “movement document” means the movement document required by Article 6 of the Council Regulation;
- “the previous Orders” means—
- (a) the Sheep and Goats (Registration, Identification and Movement) (England) Order 2007;
- (b) the Sheep and Goats (Registration, Identification and Movement) (England) Order 2005;
- (c) the Sheep and Goats Identification and Movement (Interim Measures) (England) (No. 2) Order 2002;
- (d) the Sheep and Goats Identification and Movement (Interim Measures) (England) Order 2002;
- (e) the Sheep and Goats Identification (England) Order 2000;
- (f) the Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (Wales) Order 2008;
- (g) the Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (Wales) Order 2006;
- (h) the Sheep and Goats Identification and Movement (Interim Measures) (Wales) (No. 2) Order...
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