PART VRemoval or replacement of identification marks on animals identified before 31st December 2009
Removal or replacement of identification marks
16.—(1) Where an animal identified before 31st December 2009 is not identified with an identification mark the keeper must re-identify it in accordance with Article 9 in the case of a sheep or in the case of a goat Article 9 or Article 13—
(a)no later than 28 days of discovering that the animal has no means of identification; and
(b)before the animal is moved of the holding.
(2) A keeper may at any time re-identify the animal in accordance with Article 11 in the case of a sheep or in the case of a goat Article 9 or Article 13.
(3) Where an animal identified before 31st December 2009 is moved off a holding on or after 1st June 2010 the keeper must before the animal leaves the holding re-identify the animal with the means of identification specified in Article 9(2) in the case of a sheep or in the case of a goat Article 9 or Article 13.
(4) Where an identification mark is replaced with an identification mark bearing a different identification code the keeper must record the date of replacement identification and the new identification code in—
(a)the holding register; or
(b)the centralised computer database, if authorised in accordance with Article 18.