PART 2The vaccination programme
Identification of vaccinated animals19
1
The Secretary of State shall provide every person issued with a licence permitting suppressive vaccination or protective vaccination with sufficient eartags for every animal which may be vaccinated under that licence.
2
Each eartag shall carry such information as the Secretary of State considers necessary to identify the animal to which it is affixed as a vaccinated animal.
3
Any person vaccinating an animal shall—
a
identify it immediately after vaccination by affixing an eartag;
b
make a written record of that vaccination containing the following information—
i
the date,
ii
the place, and
iii
a description of the animal;
c
ensure that the Secretary of State and the keeper of the animal receive a copy of that record; and
d
retain that record for a period of six years.
4
Records shall be in a form approved by the Secretary of State.
5
Every person provided with eartags under this regulation shall return unused eartags to the Secretary of State on demand and without delay.