The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (England) Order 2005

PART 3Holding registers

Holding register

14.—(1) Any keeper, other than a transporter, who fails to comply with Articles 5(1), 5(3) and 5(5) of the Council Regulation and, in respect of a register, fails to complete and keep that register in accordance with this article, is guilty of an offence against the Animal Health Act 1981(1).

(2) He must enter the following information in the register when an animal is moved on to or from his holding, in addition to the information required by Section B of the Annex to the Council Regulation—

(a)the number of animals moved; and either

(b)in the case of an animal identified in accordance with Articles 4(2)(a) and 4(2)(b) of the Council Regulation, the code on the first means of identification and, if it is different, the code on the second means of identification;

(c)in the case of an animal moved on to the holding from another member State and marked in accordance with Council Directive 92/102/EEC, the code on the eartag applied under that Directive; or

(d)in the case any other animal, the details required to be entered in the register under Schedule 1.

(3) In addition to paragraph 2, when an animal is moved from one location on a holding to another location on the holding, if those locations are not contiguous, the keeper must enter in the register—

(a)a description of the locations to and from which the animal is moved;

(b)the date of the movement; and

(c)the number of animals moved.

(4) For the purposes of Article 5(3) of the Council Regulation, the register shall be in the form set out in Schedule 2.

(5) The keeper must complete the register at the following times—

(a) in the case of the movement of an animal on to or from his holding, within 36 hours of the movement;

(b)in the case of the movement of an animal from one location on his holding to another, within 36 hours of the movement; and

(c)in the case of the replacement of an eartag or electronic device, within 36 hours of the replacement.

(6) For the purposes of Article 5(3) of the Council Regulation, the period for which the register shall be available is 6 years from the end of the calendar year in which the last entry was made.

Additional requirements for movements through markets

15.—(1) When animals are moved from a market, the market operator must enter the lot number he allocated to those animals under article 31(1) in the register at the market in addition to the information he is required to enter in that register under the Council Regulation and article 14.

(2) When animals are moved on to a holding from a market, the keeper at that holding must enter the lot number allocated by the market to those animals in his register in addition to the information he is required to enter in that register under the Council Regulation and article 14.

Additional requirements for movements to slaughterhouses

16.  In addition to the requirements of article 14, when an animal is moved from a holding to a slaughterhouse, the keeper at that holding must enter the address of the slaughterhouse in his register, in addition to the name of the slaughterhouse as required by Section B.1 (sixth indent) of the Annex to the Council Regulation.